Fig. 9: Strain engineering of the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) in flexible magnetic films.

a The variation of DMI energy in Fe₃GeTe₂ with strain. Reproduced with permission65. Copyright 2022, American Chemical Society. b The DMI constant measured along the x (red) and y (blue) directions (Dx, Dy) as a function of applied strain for the Ta/Pt(1.1)/Co(1.2)/Pt(2) multilayers. Reproduced with permission66. Copyright 2020, American Physical Society. c The dependence of the total DMI coefficient on the ratio of lattice parameters for the Co(2)/Pt(2) film68. Copyright 2020, Springer Nature with a Creative Commons CC-BY license. d The DMI constants (Dx, Dy) measured along the x (red) and y (blue) directions as a function of applied strain for the Co(0.7)/Pt(1.1) multilayers. Reproduced with permission69. Copyright 2022, American Physical Society.