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SUBMITTER: Fukuda JI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6250727 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20181122 1
Skyrmions are swirl-like topological entities that have been shown to emerge in various condensed matter systems. Their identification has been carried out in different ways including scattering techniques and real-space observations. Here we show that Kossel diagrams can identify the formation of a hexagonal lattice of half-Skyrmions in a thin film of a chiral liquid crystal, in which case Kossel lines appear as hexagonally arranged circular arcs. Our experimental observations on a hexagonal la ...[more]