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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Nanofluidic logic based on chiral skyrmion flows.

Xichao Zhang, Jing Xia, Yan Zhou, Guoping Zhao, Xiaoxi Liu, Yongbing Xu, Masahito Mochizuki

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Emergent Chaos-Like Dynamics of Spin-Orbit-Torque-Driven Magnetic Transitions.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  2. Current-Driven Nonreciprocal Response of Nonequilibrium Skyrmions.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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7 authors.

Xichao Zhang *Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9656-9696
Jing Xia *College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1009-3074
Yan ZhouGuangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Aggregate Science, School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5641-9191
Guoping ZhaoCollege of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China.
Xiaoxi LiuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shinshu University, Nagano 380-8553, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5917-5495
Yongbing XuNational Key Laboratory of Spintronics, Nanjing University, Suzhou 215163, China.
Masahito MochizukiDepartment of Applied Physics, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0128-0580

Funding

Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2021B1515120047Japan Society for the Promotion of Science London (JSPS) JP21H01364 JP21K18872 JP22F22061 JP24K21711MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP20F20363MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP25H00611 JP24H02231 JP23H04522MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP25K17939MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR20T1MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKPs) 2021YFB3500100MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKPs) 2024YFA1408801 2024YFA1408803 2021YFB3601600MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 62427901 12474117 12241403 12374123 12104327 12474122 51771127 52171188 52111530143(), | Shenzhen Fundamental Research and Discipline Layout project (Shenzhen Fundamental Research Fund) JCYJ20210324120213037Shenzhen Human Resources and Social Security Bureau | Shenzhen Peacock Plan (Shenzhen Peacock Plan Team) KQTD20180413181702403Waseda University () 2025C-133
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Particle-like chiral magnetic skyrmions can flow in nanotracks and behave like chiral fluids. Using interacting flows to perform logical operations is an important topic in microfluidics and nanofluidics. Here, we report a basic nanofluidic logic computing system based on chiral magnetic skyrmions flowing in parallel pipelines connected by an H-shaped junction. The flow behaviors could be manipulated by adjusting the spin polarization angle, which controls the intrinsic skyrmion Hall angle. We demonstrate that within certain range of the spin polarization angle, fully developed skyrmion flows could lead to fluidic logical operations, which significantly reduce the complexity of skyrmion logic as there is no need for deterministic creation, precise control, and detection of a single isolated skyrmion. Our results suggest that the chiral flow behaviors of magnetic quasiparticles may offer possibilities for spintronic and nanofluidic functions.

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logic computinglogic gatesnanofluidicsskyrmionsspintronics

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PMCPMC12595438

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