Synthetic Antiferromagnetic Skyrmions
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
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Publications
Cascales Sandoval M
(2023)
Observation and formation mechanism of 360° domain wall rings in synthetic anti-ferromagnets with interlayer chiral interactions
in Applied Physics Letters
Sandoval M
(2023)
3D reconstruction of the magnetization vector via XMCD-PEEM
| Description | Found multiple phases exist in synthetic antiferromagnetic multilayer systems. |
| Exploitation Route | Stability of skyrmions in multilayer thin film stacks have been investigated. Potential use of such skyrmions are in data storage and loic spintronic applications. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Electronics |
| Description | Impact Acceleration Award (UK EPSRC internal bid for external funding) - Fast Pixelated Detectors |
| Amount | £50,974 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2024 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | 11th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (Singapore) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of work at this conference. The conference comprises of the International Conference on Mechanics for Global Challenges, 31 technical symposia, plenary and theme lectures, special activities, exhibition as well as keynote, invited, oral and poster presentations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | http://icmat2023.mrs.org.sg |
| Description | Centre for Doctoral Training in Photonic Integration and Advance Data Storage - student conclave |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to highlight postgraduate work and invited speakers to talk about specialist materials research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.cdt-piads.ac.uk/research-centres/EPSRCCentreforDoctoralTraininginPhotonicIntegrationandAd... |
| Description | Conference - INTERMAG/MMM 2022 New Orleans |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference talk to academic and industrial researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://magnetism.org/past-conferences/ |
| Description | Hosting Ukranian academics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | University of Glasgow hosted Ukranian visitors from National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. This was for co-operation in semiconducting materials research at a difficlut time for carrying out research. Exchange of experitise and possible future collaborations were discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/internationalisation/ourpartners/partners/nationaluniversityofkyivmohy... |
| Description | IMC20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The 20th International Microscopy Congress in Busan, South Korea. Presented work on SAF skymrions at special session. Useful discussions with colleagues about this work moving forward and new avenues of investigation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.imc20.kr/ |
| Description | Insitute of Physics Magnetism conference (Manchester, UK) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of work at this event. Magnetism 2023 is the premier conference organised by the UK and RoI magnetism community. The conference encourages participation from across the breadth of magnetism and has included oral sessions on a range of subjects including spintronics, 2D physics, domain walls, dynamics, vortices, skyrmions and topological systems, intelligent computing, spin ice, biological and organic magnetism, superconductors, magnetocalorics and ab initio theory. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.iop.org/events/magnetism-2023 |
| Description | Materials Research Exchange (London) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of poster at event. The event was organised and run by Innovate UK KTN and Innovate UK at the Business Design Centre in London, and was full of new insights about what materials research and innovations are taking place to help the UK recover, become more resilient and grow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/events/materials-research-exchange-mre-2022/ |
| Description | Microstructure, Magnetic and Electronic Ordering: Interplay and Interactions (Bad Honnef, Germany) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented 30 min seminar at this workshop. Materials seminar workshop dedicated to a specialized public and is restricted to 80 participants among which there are around 15 invited speakers and several contributed speakers, as well as poster presentations. Emphasis is set on giving young investigators at the PhD or PostDoc level the opportunity to participate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.we-heraeus-stiftung.de/veranstaltungen/microstructure-magnetic-and-electronic-ordering-i... |
| Description | QMCM-2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Wide ranging presentations on condensed matter and quantum materials to showcase UK activity. All attendees have increased awareness of work in the field and stumulated by discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.iop.org/events/condensed-matter-and-quantum-materials-cmqm-2023 |
| Description | Royce Institute Workshop of thin film deposition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of facilities and future plans for UK materials community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/ |
| Description | SUPA Annual Gathering 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Scottish Universities Annual Gathering. Presented work from project at poster session and interacted with other matrials scientists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.supa.ac.uk/news/recent.html |
| Description | UK-Swiss Skyrmion Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to promote activity with UK and Swiss colleagues working in the area of magnetic skyrmions. Many presentations with detailed discussions and tour of local faciilties at EPFL in Lausanne. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lmgn/page-138731-en-html/ |