Observation of Magnetic‐Anisotropy Crossover and High‐Temperature Skyrmions in the Dirac Magnet Fe 3 Ge with a Distorted Kagome Lattice
ABSTRACT Topological materials that simultaneously host robust high‐temperature skyrmions and nontrivial electronic band structures have attracted tremendous interest owing to their distinctive advantages for both fundamental research and prospective technological applications. Here, we report the observation of robust skyrmions in the Dirac kagome magnet Fe 3 Ge, which exhibits a high Curie temperature of ∼ 650 K. At room temperature, Fe 3 Ge shows a large intrinsic anomalous Hall conductivity of ∼ 380 Ω −1 cm −1 , originating from its nontrivial electronic band topology. Systematic magnetization measurements reveal a spin reorientation transition at ∼ 375 K, indicating a crossover from easy‐plane to easy‐axis magnetic anisotropy. Below the spin reorientation temperature, a large topological Hall effect is observed, arising from microscopic noncoplanar spin structures. Lorentz transmission electron microscopy shows that mesoscopic skyrmions are stabilized in the easy‐axis magnetic anisotropy regime and persist over an exceptionally wide temperature window of 375–650 K, far exceeding that of most previously reported skyrmion‐hosting materials. These results establish Fe 3 Ge as a promising platform for exploring diverse topological properties, with strong potential for advancing future high‐temperature spintronic applications, ranging from next‐generation information storage to logic computing devices.
Authors
- Raman Sankar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4702-2517)
- Wanting Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1736-4823)
- Xiaofeng Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4399-4239)
- Chunqiang Xu
- Xiaoxuan Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5733)
- Xiangzhuo Xing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2147-8949)
- Renchao Che (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6583-7114)
- Wen‐Chin Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-8968)
- Bin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6392-4185)
- Shixun Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3915-2621)
- Wei Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9508-3598)
- Yalei Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5722-7623)
- Xiaowei Lv
- Michael Smidman
- Dong Qian
- Dhanarajagopal Alltrin
Institutions
- Shanghai University (CN)
- National Taiwan Normal University (TW)
- Ningbo University of Technology (CN)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Qufu Normal University (CN)
- Suzhou University of Technology (CN)
- Suzhou University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CN)
- Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai (CN)
- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica (TW)
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (CN)
- Zhejiang University of Technology (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Science
- Published
- 2026-08-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.77344
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00