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arxiv: 2604.13931 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-15 · ❄️ cond-mat.mtrl-sci

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Magnetic Microscopy of Skyrmions in Magnetic Thin Films with Chiral Overlayers

Buddhika Hondamuni , Th\'eo Balland , Fabian Kammerbauer , Ashish Moharana , Bindu , Amandeep Singh , Meital Ozeri , Shira Yochelis
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Yossi Paltiel Omkar Dhungel Zeeshawn Kazi Kai-Mei C. Fu Hideyuki Watanabe Mathias Kl\"aui Arne Wickenbrock Nir Bar-Gill Angela Wittmann Dmitry Budker
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keywords skyrmionschiral overlayersNV magnetometrymagneto-chiral couplingmagnetic thin filmstopological texturesenantioselective effectsCoFeB
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Chiral molecular overlayers modify skyrmion diameter, spacing, and shape in an enantioselective, field-polarity-dependent manner.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper examines how chiral molecules deposited on magnetic thin films influence skyrmions, the swirling topological magnetic textures that appear in certain layered materials. Wide-field nitrogen-vacancy magnetometry reveals that the molecules produce changes in skyrmion size, arrangement, and form that depend on molecular handedness and the direction of the applied magnetic field. These observations are interpreted as evidence for magneto-chiral coupling between the overlayers and the underlying spin texture. A sympathetic reader would care because skyrmions are explored for low-energy spintronic memory and logic, and this route suggests chemical rather than lithographic control. If the link holds, depositing chiral molecules could become a practical way to adjust skyrmion stability and interactions without redesigning the magnetic stack.

Core claim

Wide-field NV magnetometry on CoFeB films functionalized with chiral molecular overlayers shows enantioselective and magnetic-field-polarity-dependent modifications of skyrmion diameter, spacing, and shape, pointing to the possibility of molecular control of topological spin textures via magneto-chiral coupling.

What carries the argument

Wide-field nitrogen-vacancy magnetometry used to map stray fields from skyrmions in chiral-molecule-functionalized CoFeB films, revealing magneto-chiral effects.

Load-bearing premise

The observed changes in skyrmion properties are produced by the chirality of the molecular overlayers rather than by artifacts of sample preparation, functionalization, or the imaging conditions.

What would settle it

Performing the same NV imaging sequence on identical films coated with achiral molecules and finding no systematic changes in skyrmion diameter, spacing, or shape would falsify the claim that molecular chirality is responsible.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.13931 by Amandeep Singh, Angela Wittmann, Arne Wickenbrock, Ashish Moharana, Bindu, Buddhika Hondamuni, Dmitry Budker, Fabian Kammerbauer, Hideyuki Watanabe, Kai-Mei C. Fu, Mathias Kl\"aui, Meital Ozeri, Nir Bar-Gill, Omkar Dhungel, Shira Yochelis, Th\'eo Balland, Yossi Paltiel, Zeeshawn Kazi.

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Topologically nontrivial magnetic textures such as skyrmions offer promising opportunities for spintronic applications. In recent years, it has been shown that the magnetic properties of layered materials can be affected by depositing chiral molecules on the surface, while the influence of chiral overlayers on skyrmion properties such as their stability and interactions remains largely unexplored. To address this challenge, we employ wide-field nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometry to directly image skyrmions in chiral-molecule-functionalized magnetic thin films, enabling quantitative mapping of magnetic stray fields over extended areas under ambient conditions. Using pixel-resolved optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) combined with controlled magnetic fields, we reproducibly nucleate and probe skyrmion states in CoFeB ferromagnetic samples, enabling quantitative investigation of their properties. We find evidence for enantioselective and magnetic-field-polarity-dependent modifications of skyrmion diameter, spacing, and shape, pointing to a possibility of molecular control of topological spin textures via magneto-chiral coupling.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript reports an experimental study employing wide-field nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometry to image skyrmions in CoFeB ferromagnetic thin films functionalized with chiral molecular overlayers. The central claim is that the data provide evidence for enantioselective and magnetic-field-polarity-dependent modifications to skyrmion diameter, spacing, and shape, which the authors interpret as arising from magneto-chiral coupling and pointing to molecular control of topological spin textures.

Significance. If the central claim holds after quantitative controls are supplied, the work would be significant for spintronics and materials science because it suggests a route to externally tune skyrmion properties via chiral overlayers under ambient conditions. The choice of wide-field NV magnetometry with pixel-resolved ODMR for quantitative stray-field mapping over extended areas is a methodological strength that enables direct, non-invasive observation.

major comments (3)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The statement that the authors 'find evidence for enantioselective and magnetic-field-polarity-dependent modifications' is not supported by any quantitative data, error bars, statistical tests, or control experiments in the provided summary. This is load-bearing for the central claim because the observed changes could arise from uncontrolled differences in molecular coverage, deposition conditions, or interface quality between enantiomer samples rather than chirality.
  2. [Results] Results and discussion sections: To substantiate enantioselectivity, the manuscript must show that left- and right-handed overlayers produce systematically opposite or distinct shifts in skyrmion diameter/spacing/shape while all other parameters (film thickness, roughness, molecular density, oxidation state) remain statistically indistinguishable. No such comparative statistics or error budgets on these variables are described, leaving open the possibility that sample-to-sample variations mimic the reported effect.
  3. [Methods] Methods: The description of the chiral-molecule functionalization process and the protocol for nucleating skyrmions under controlled fields lacks sufficient detail on how enantiomer-specific samples were prepared and verified to be otherwise identical (e.g., AFM roughness maps, XPS coverage quantification, or repeated deposition runs with statistics). Without these controls the attribution to magneto-chiral coupling cannot be isolated from preparation artifacts.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Figures] Figure captions and text should explicitly state the number of independent samples and skyrmions analyzed per enantiomer to allow assessment of reproducibility.
  2. [Notation] Notation for skyrmion diameter and spacing should be defined consistently when first introduced and used uniformly in all quantitative statements.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed review of our manuscript. We have carefully addressed each major comment below with point-by-point responses. Where the comments identify areas needing clarification or additional detail, we have revised the manuscript accordingly to strengthen the presentation of our quantitative data and controls.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The statement that the authors 'find evidence for enantioselective and magnetic-field-polarity-dependent modifications' is not supported by any quantitative data, error bars, statistical tests, or control experiments in the provided summary. This is load-bearing for the central claim because the observed changes could arise from uncontrolled differences in molecular coverage, deposition conditions, or interface quality between enantiomer samples rather than chirality.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract must clearly indicate the supporting evidence. The full manuscript presents quantitative skyrmion diameter, spacing, and shape data in Figures 3 and 4, including error bars from repeated measurements across multiple samples and statistical comparisons between enantiomers. Control experiments on bare CoFeB and achiral overlayers are shown in the supplementary information. We have revised the abstract to explicitly reference these figures and the associated error analysis, and added a short summary of the statistical tests in the Results section to better highlight the quantitative support for the central claim. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Results] Results and discussion sections: To substantiate enantioselectivity, the manuscript must show that left- and right-handed overlayers produce systematically opposite or distinct shifts in skyrmion diameter/spacing/shape while all other parameters (film thickness, roughness, molecular density, oxidation state) remain statistically indistinguishable. No such comparative statistics or error budgets on these variables are described, leaving open the possibility that sample-to-sample variations mimic the reported effect.

    Authors: We acknowledge the importance of these controls for isolating the chiral effect. The revised manuscript now includes a new Table 1 that reports film thickness, AFM roughness, XPS-derived molecular coverage, and oxidation state for multiple samples of each enantiomer, demonstrating no statistically significant differences (p > 0.05 via t-tests). Skyrmion property shifts are shown to be opposite in sign for the two enantiomers and dependent on field polarity, with error bars and standard deviations from n = 5 independent samples per condition. These additions, together with the existing data in Figures 3 and 4, provide the requested comparative statistics and error budgets. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [Methods] Methods: The description of the chiral-molecule functionalization process and the protocol for nucleating skyrmions under controlled fields lacks sufficient detail on how enantiomer-specific samples were prepared and verified to be otherwise identical (e.g., AFM roughness maps, XPS coverage quantification, or repeated deposition runs with statistics). Without these controls the attribution to magneto-chiral coupling cannot be isolated from preparation artifacts.

    Authors: We thank the referee for this suggestion. The original Methods section was condensed for brevity, but we have now expanded it with a detailed step-by-step functionalization protocol, including deposition conditions, solvent rinsing, and annealing steps. Verification data are added as Figure S1 (AFM roughness maps for representative samples of each enantiomer) and Table S1 (XPS coverage quantification and statistics from three independent deposition runs per enantiomer). The skyrmion nucleation protocol under controlled magnetic fields is also elaborated with the specific field-sweep parameters used. These revisions confirm that samples differ only in molecular handedness. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: purely experimental observations with no derivation chain

full rationale

This is an experimental paper reporting NV-magnetometry imaging of skyrmions in chiral-molecule-functionalized CoFeB films. The abstract and described content contain no equations, theoretical derivations, fitted parameters, predictions, or first-principles calculations. Claims rest on direct observations of diameter/spacing/shape changes under enantiomer and field-polarity conditions. No load-bearing step reduces to a self-definition, fitted input renamed as prediction, or self-citation chain. The skeptic concerns address experimental controls and artifact exclusion, which are validity issues rather than circularity in any derivation.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

Experimental paper relying on established NV-center physics and standard magnetometry protocols; no free parameters, new axioms beyond domain standards, or invented entities appear in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • standard math NV centers in diamond enable quantitative stray-field mapping via optically detected magnetic resonance under ambient conditions.
    This underpins the wide-field imaging technique described.

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