Magnetic properties and materials articles from across Nature Portfolio

More spin current can be produced with less energy lost at the source, thanks to inter-magnet pumping that rebalances angular momentum dissipation between sublattices in a ferrimagnetic multilayer.

Nonlinear electrical responses reveal quantum geometry and signatures of altermagnetism in ruthenium dioxide thin films.

An ultrafast imaging technique captured the propagation of charge-decoupled excitations in twisted bilayer WSe₂. Two spin–valley modes with distinct propagation behaviours were revealed, consistent with the phase and amplitude modes of a spin–valley superfluid.

Introducing superconductivity in magnetic topological systems is a key challenge in condensed matter physics. Here, the authors demonstrate that high pressure induces superconductivity in MnBi₈Te₁₃, revealing a complex interplay between magnetism and superconductivity, and offering a unique platform to explore these phenomena in correlated magnetic materials.

2D van der Waals multiferroics, with their coupled magnetic and electric orders and their reduced dimensionality, offer great opportunities for low-power magnetoelectric devices. This Review moves beyond conventional probing techniques and advocates for cross-probing technologies to identify intrinsic multiferroicity in these atomically thin materials.

All-optical writing of antiferromagnetic domains using the inverse optical magnetoelectric effect in ferrotoroidic LiNiPO₄ is demonstrated.

This study reports real-space, layer-resolved magnetic imaging of the van der Waals antiferromagnet (Fe,Co)₃GaTe₂ using SPLEEM, revealing A-type interlayer coupling, intrinsic chiral spin textures and enabling controlled writing of antiferromagnetic skyrmions.

The authors investigate a magnetic “control knob” for quantum matter: rotating an in-plane field flips nanoscale charge patterns like memory bits with hysteresis, revealing hidden spin–charge choreography and enabling reprogrammable quantum devices.

Electron-beam control enables deterministic placement of tens of thousands of atomic defects in three-dimensional crystals, creating stable, programmable artificial matter for scalable quantum and nanoscale technologies.

More spin current can be produced with less energy lost at the source, thanks to inter-magnet pumping that rebalances angular momentum dissipation between sublattices in a ferrimagnetic multilayer.

Nonlinear electrical responses reveal quantum geometry and signatures of altermagnetism in ruthenium dioxide thin films.

An ultrafast imaging technique captured the propagation of charge-decoupled excitations in twisted bilayer WSe₂. Two spin–valley modes with distinct propagation behaviours were revealed, consistent with the phase and amplitude modes of a spin–valley superfluid.

Charge-transfer excitations, which define the optical bandgap in many insulators, also contribute to magnetic exchange in antiferromagnets. Femtosecond optical pumping of these transitions in canted antiferromagnet DyFeO₃ reshapes the spin-wave spectrum — the set of collective spin excitations that define the dynamics of the antiferromagnet — without destroying the long-range order.

A new machine learning framework predicts the spin–orbit-coupled electronic structure across the periodic table, enabling high-throughput exploration of quantum materials.

Hydrogels containing C=O groups and calcium cations show an unexpected paramagnetic effect that may have biomedical applications.