Skyrmion Spin Ice in Liquid Crystals
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چکیده
We propose the first skyrmion spin ice, realized via confined, interacting liquid crystal skyrmions. Skyrmions in a chiral nematic behave as quasiparticles that can be dynamically bound, and created or annihilated individually with ease precision. show these employed to realize binary variables interact form ice-rule states. Because of their unique versatility, skyrmions open entirely novel avenues field frustrated systems. More broadly, our findings also demonstrate viability elementary degrees freedom design collective complex behaviors.Received 21 October 2019Revised 17 2020Accepted 23 December 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.047801© 2021 American Physical SocietyPhysics Subject Headings (PhySH)Research AreasEntropyFractionalizationFrustrated magnetismSkyrmionsPhysical SystemsDisordered systemsLiquid crystalsSpin iceTechniquesFinite-element methodInterdisciplinary PhysicsCondensed Matter, Materials & Applied PhysicsStatistical PhysicsGeneral PhysicsPolymers Soft Matter
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1079-7114', '0031-9007', '1092-0145']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.126.047801