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author Koraltan, Sabri
Abert, Claas
Albrecht, Manfred
Azhar, Maria
Back, Christian
Béa, Hélène
Birch, Max T.
Blügel, Stefan
Boulle, Olivier
Büttner, Felix
Che, Ping
Cros, Vincent
Darwin, Emily
Desplat, Louise
Donnelly, Claire
Du, Haifeng
Everschor-Sitte, Karin
Fernández-Pacheco, Amalio
Finizio, Simone
Finocchio, Giovanni
Garst, Markus
Gruber, Raphael
Grundler, Dirk
Hayami, Satoru
Hesjedal, Thorsten
Hoffmann, Axel
Hrabec, Aleš
Hug, Hans Josef
Jani, Hariom
Jena, Jagannath
Jiang, Wanjun
Junquera, Javier
Karube, Kosuke
Kern, Lisa-Marie
Kim, Joo-Von
Kläui, Mathias
Kurebayashi, Hidekazu
Litzius, Kai
Liu, Yizhou
Lonsky, Martin
Marrows, Christopher H.
Masell, Jan
Mathias, Stefan
Mokrousov, Yuriy
Parkin, Stuart S. P.
Pfau, Bastian
Radaelli, Paolo G.
Radu, Florin
Ramesh, Ramamoorthy
Reyren, Nicolas
Rohart, Stanislas
Seki, Shinichiro
Smalyukh, Ivan I.
Sorn, Sopheak
Steil, Daniel
Suess, Dieter
Tasinkevych, Mykola
Tokura, Yoshinori
Tomasello, Riccardo
Ukleev, Victor
Yang, Hyunsoo
Yasin, Fehmi Sami
Yu, Xiuzhen
Zhang, Chenhui
Zhang, Shilei
Zhao, Le
Wintz, Sebastian
author_facet Koraltan, Sabri
Abert, Claas
Albrecht, Manfred
Azhar, Maria
Back, Christian
Béa, Hélène
Birch, Max T.
Blügel, Stefan
Boulle, Olivier
Büttner, Felix
Che, Ping
Cros, Vincent
Darwin, Emily
Desplat, Louise
Donnelly, Claire
Du, Haifeng
Everschor-Sitte, Karin
Fernández-Pacheco, Amalio
Finizio, Simone
Finocchio, Giovanni
Garst, Markus
Gruber, Raphael
Grundler, Dirk
Hayami, Satoru
Hesjedal, Thorsten
Hoffmann, Axel
Hrabec, Aleš
Hug, Hans Josef
Jani, Hariom
Jena, Jagannath
Jiang, Wanjun
Junquera, Javier
Karube, Kosuke
Kern, Lisa-Marie
Kim, Joo-Von
Kläui, Mathias
Kurebayashi, Hidekazu
Litzius, Kai
Liu, Yizhou
Lonsky, Martin
Marrows, Christopher H.
Masell, Jan
Mathias, Stefan
Mokrousov, Yuriy
Parkin, Stuart S. P.
Pfau, Bastian
Radaelli, Paolo G.
Radu, Florin
Ramesh, Ramamoorthy
Reyren, Nicolas
Rohart, Stanislas
Seki, Shinichiro
Smalyukh, Ivan I.
Sorn, Sopheak
Steil, Daniel
Suess, Dieter
Tasinkevych, Mykola
Tokura, Yoshinori
Tomasello, Riccardo
Ukleev, Victor
Yang, Hyunsoo
Yasin, Fehmi Sami
Yu, Xiuzhen
Zhang, Chenhui
Zhang, Shilei
Zhao, Le
Wintz, Sebastian
contents Magnetic skyrmions and related topological spin textures have emerged as a central topic in condensed-matter physics, combining fundamental significance with potential for transformative applications in spintronics, magnonics, and beyond. Over the past decade, advances in material platforms, imaging techniques, theoretical modeling, and device concepts have established skyrmionics as a rapidly expanding field. At the same time, challenges remain in stabilizing, controlling, and integrating such textures into functional architectures, while novel phenomena such as antiskyrmions, higher-order skyrmions, hopfions, and antiferromagnetic textures arise. The 2026 Skyrmionics Roadmap represents a collective effort of many authors, providing a comprehensive perspective on the current state-of-the-art and the outlook for the coming years. In 33 focused sections, each co-authored by two researchers, we chart progress in theory and modeling, material systems, skyrmion dynamics, and skyrmion technologies. By offering a consolidated vision, this Roadmap aims to guide both fundamental research and application-driven efforts, accelerating the transition of skyrmionics from conceptual breakthroughs toward practical technologies.
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spellingShingle The 2026 Skyrmionics Roadmap
Koraltan, Sabri
Abert, Claas
Albrecht, Manfred
Azhar, Maria
Back, Christian
Béa, Hélène
Birch, Max T.
Blügel, Stefan
Boulle, Olivier
Büttner, Felix
Che, Ping
Cros, Vincent
Darwin, Emily
Desplat, Louise
Donnelly, Claire
Du, Haifeng
Everschor-Sitte, Karin
Fernández-Pacheco, Amalio
Finizio, Simone
Finocchio, Giovanni
Garst, Markus
Gruber, Raphael
Grundler, Dirk
Hayami, Satoru
Hesjedal, Thorsten
Hoffmann, Axel
Hrabec, Aleš
Hug, Hans Josef
Jani, Hariom
Jena, Jagannath
Jiang, Wanjun
Junquera, Javier
Karube, Kosuke
Kern, Lisa-Marie
Kim, Joo-Von
Kläui, Mathias
Kurebayashi, Hidekazu
Litzius, Kai
Liu, Yizhou
Lonsky, Martin
Marrows, Christopher H.
Masell, Jan
Mathias, Stefan
Mokrousov, Yuriy
Parkin, Stuart S. P.
Pfau, Bastian
Radaelli, Paolo G.
Radu, Florin
Ramesh, Ramamoorthy
Reyren, Nicolas
Rohart, Stanislas
Seki, Shinichiro
Smalyukh, Ivan I.
Sorn, Sopheak
Steil, Daniel
Suess, Dieter
Tasinkevych, Mykola
Tokura, Yoshinori
Tomasello, Riccardo
Ukleev, Victor
Yang, Hyunsoo
Yasin, Fehmi Sami
Yu, Xiuzhen
Zhang, Chenhui
Zhang, Shilei
Zhao, Le
Wintz, Sebastian
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Magnetic skyrmions and related topological spin textures have emerged as a central topic in condensed-matter physics, combining fundamental significance with potential for transformative applications in spintronics, magnonics, and beyond. Over the past decade, advances in material platforms, imaging techniques, theoretical modeling, and device concepts have established skyrmionics as a rapidly expanding field. At the same time, challenges remain in stabilizing, controlling, and integrating such textures into functional architectures, while novel phenomena such as antiskyrmions, higher-order skyrmions, hopfions, and antiferromagnetic textures arise. The 2026 Skyrmionics Roadmap represents a collective effort of many authors, providing a comprehensive perspective on the current state-of-the-art and the outlook for the coming years. In 33 focused sections, each co-authored by two researchers, we chart progress in theory and modeling, material systems, skyrmion dynamics, and skyrmion technologies. By offering a consolidated vision, this Roadmap aims to guide both fundamental research and application-driven efforts, accelerating the transition of skyrmionics from conceptual breakthroughs toward practical technologies.
title The 2026 Skyrmionics Roadmap
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16575