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SUBMITTER: Augustin M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7794561 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Augustin Mathias M Jenkins Sarah S Evans Richard F L RFL Novoselov Kostya S KS Santos Elton J G EJG
Nature communications 20210108 1
Merons are nontrivial topological spin textures highly relevant for many phenomena in solid state physics. Despite their importance, direct observation of such vortex quasiparticles is scarce and has been limited to a few complex materials. Here, we show the emergence of merons and antimerons in recently discovered two-dimensional (2D) CrCl<sub>3</sub> at zero magnetic field. We show their entire evolution from pair creation, their diffusion over metastable domain walls, and collision leading to ...[more]