Defect-Induced Magnetic Skyrmion in a Two-Dimensional Chromium Triiodide Monolayer
Defect-Induced Magnetic Skyrmion in a Two-Dimensional Chromium Triiodide Monolayer
Chromium iodide monolayers, which have different magnetic properties in comparison to the bulk chromium iodide, have been shown to form skyrmionic states in applied electromagnetic fields or in Janus-layer devices. In this work, we demonstrate that spin-canted solutions can be induced into monolayer chromium iodide by select substitution of iodide …