Blue Phase III: Topological Fluid of Skyrmions
Jaka Pišljar, Sharmistha Ghosh, Srikanth Turlapati, N. V. S. Rao, Miha Škarabot, Alenka Mertelj, Andrej Petelin, A. Nych, Matevž Marinčič, Anja Pusovnik, Miha Ravnik, Igor Muševič
Abstract
Optical microscopy reveals that blue phases---molecularly ordered liquids---consist of filaments with vortexlike cross sections known as skyrmions, whirls in a material, with possible information-storage applications.
Topics & Concepts
SkyrmionPhase (matter)Optical microscopeMaterials sciencePhysicsTopology (electrical circuits)OpticsCondensed matter physicsQuantum mechanicsScanning electron microscopeCombinatoricsMathematicsMicro and Nano RoboticsMagnetic properties of thin filmsTheoretical and Computational Physics