Polarization-Dependent Topological Phase Reconstruction via Multipolarization-Controlled Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya Interaction
Abstract Conventional antiferroelectric states generally suppress the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) and enable skyrmion erasure by restoring inversion symmetry. However, noncentrosymmetric antiferroelectric states preserve broken inversion symmetry, offering an additional dimension for manipulating DMI and topological magnetic phases. Here, combining first-principles calculations with atomistic simulations, we demonstrate polarization-driven reconstruction of the DMI vector field and topological magnetic phases in monolayer CuCrP2Se6. FEu-AFE-FEd polarization switching enables the evolution of a uniform DMI into an anisotropic DMI vector field by reconstructing the lattice symmetry, thereby achieving reversible control between topologically nontrivial skyrmions and topologically trivial magnetic bubbles. These findings establish DMI vector-field reconstruction in noncentrosymmetric AFE states as a mechanism for engineering magnetic topology beyond conventional DMI reversal (D → −D) or suppression (D → 0).
Authors
- Ke‐Qiu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8627-0498)
- Xiong‐Xiong Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2342-1003)
- Yee Sin Ang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-1610)
- Haoming Su
- Li-Ming Tang
Institutions
- Singapore University of Technology and Design (SG)
- Hunan University (CN)
- Xiangtan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nano Letters
- Published
- 2026-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04207
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Education - Singapore
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province
- Scientific Research Foundation of Hunan Provincial Education Department