Acoustic spin skyrmion molecule lattices enabling stable transport and flexible manipulation

Skyrmions-topologically protected nanoscale spin textures with vortex-like configurations-hold transformative potential for ultra-dense data storage, spintronics and quantum computing. However, their practical utility is challenged by dynamic instability, complex interaction, and the lack of deterministic control. Here, we introduce a skyrmion molecule lattice, a novel architecture where pairs of skyrmions with opposite polarizability are symmetry-locked into stable molecule configurations. These molecules emerge as propagating eigenstates of the system, enabling robust transport. Using a boundary engineering technique, we achieve deterministic control over skyrmion creation, deformation, annihilation, and polarizability inversion. This is experimentally demonstrated in a graphene-inspired acoustic surface wave metamaterial by harnessing topological acoustic spin structures. Our work, leveraging symmetry principles, establishes a universal framework for stabilizing, transporting and manipulating the skyrmion quasiparticles.

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Nature Communications
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2025-11-26
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65611-4
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Topological Materials and Phenomena
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Acoustic spin skyrmion molecule lattices enabling stable transport and flexible manipulation

Ming‐Hui Lu, Lei Liu, Xiujuan Zhang, Yan‐Feng Chen
Nature Communications
Topological Materials and Phenomena
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Acoustic spin skyrmion molecule lattices enabling stable transport and flexible manipulation

Ming‐Hui Lu, Lei Liu, Xiujuan Zhang, Yan‐Feng Chen
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Abstract

Skyrmions-topologically protected nanoscale spin textures with vortex-like configurations-hold transformative potential for ultra-dense data storage, spintronics and quantum computing. However, their practical utility is challenged by dynamic instability, complex interaction, and the lack of deterministic control. Here, we introduce a skyrmion molecule lattice, a novel architecture where pairs of skyrmions with opposite polarizability are symmetry-locked into stable molecule configurations. These molecules emerge as propagating eigenstates of the system, enabling robust transport. Using a boundary engineering technique, we achieve deterministic control over skyrmion creation, deformation, annihilation, and polarizability inversion. This is experimentally demonstrated in a graphene-inspired acoustic surface wave metamaterial by harnessing topological acoustic spin structures. Our work, leveraging symmetry principles, establishes a universal framework for stabilizing, transporting and manipulating the skyrmion quasiparticles.

Nature CommunicationsVol. 16(1)
China Pharmaceutical University (CN), Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures (CN), Nanjing University (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Government of Jiangsu Province
Openalex Percentile: Top 71%
Topological Materials and Phenomena
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