Curvilinear magnetism: From curvature induced magnetochirality to shapeable magnetoelectronics

Non-collinear magnetic textures like spin spirals, chiral domain walls or skyrmions are typically stabilized by the intrinsic spin-orbit induced Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) [1]. Curvature effects emerged as a novel mean to design chiral magnetic responses relying on extrinsic parameters, i.e. geometrical curvature of thin films [2-4]. The lack of an inversion symmetry and the emergence of a curvature induced effective anisotropy and DMI are characteristic of curved surfaces, leading to curvature-driven magnetochiral effects and topologically induced magnetization patterning [5-7]. Vast majority of activities are dedicated to curved ferromagnets, where recent achievements include the development of the theory of curvilinear micromagnetism [3] and the first experimental confirmation of curvature-driven chiral effects stemming from the exchange interaction [4]. Only very recently, the focus was put also on curvilinear antiferromagnets. Pylypovskyi et al. [8] demonstrated that intrinsically achiral one-dimensional curvilinear antiferromagnets behave as a chiral helimagnet with geometrically tunable DMI and orientation of the Neel vector.
The application potential of 3D-shaped magnetic thin films is currently being explored as mechanically shapeable magnetic field sensors [9] for automotive applications, magnetoelectrics for memory devices, spin-wave filters, high-speed racetrack memory devices as well as on-skin interactive electronics [10-12].
The fundamentals as well as application relevant aspects of curvilinear ferro- and antiferromagnets will be covered in this presentation.

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