Complex Magnetic Phases and Unconventional Skyrmion Thermodynamics in Magnetically Intercalated Cr 1+x Te 2 Compounds
Researchers studied magnetically intercalated Cr1+xTe2 compounds to understand complex magnetic phases. They found that structural disorder from excess Cr atoms leads to N´eel-type skyrmion textures below the Curie temperature, exhibiting unconventional thermodynamics driven by competing forces like perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and dipolar interactions.