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  "abstract": "Combining topological insulators with chiral magnetic multilayers offers the opportunity to greatly enhance the spin-orbit torque (SOT) driven manipulation of hosted spin textures, however this also exposes devices to the often poor temperature stability of the commonly used, Bi$_2$X$_3$-based (X is a chalcogenic element), topological insulator films. In this work we demonstrate through in-situ-annealing and polarised neutron reflectometry that the multilayer at a Bi$_2$Se$_3$ interface remains magnetically robust up to a temperature of 350 $^{\\circ}$C: even as the Bi$_2$Se$_3$ epilayer structurally deteriorates. Through x-ray photoemission electron microscopy, an intermediate annealing temperature of $\\sim$ 200 $^{\\circ}$C was found to improve the domain ordering of the multilayer, allowing for field-induced skyrmion nucleation, all whilst sustaining minimal damage to the topological insulator",
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      "name": "Benjamin A. Brereton"
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    {
      "name": "Soumyarup Hait"
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    {
      "name": "Christy J. Kinane"
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    {
      "name": "Francesco Maccherozzi"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ahmet Yagmur"
    },
    {
      "name": "Satoshi Sasaki"
    },
    {
      "name": "Thomas A. Moore"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sean Langridge"
    },
    {
      "name": "Christopher H. Marrows"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/6adj7apjwegd6.bib",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.29694",
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  "published": "2026-10-21",
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  "title": "Effect of Annealing on Maze Domains in Topological Insulator - Magnetic Multilayer Heterostructures",
  "title_text": "Effect of Annealing on Maze Domains in Topological Insulator - Magnetic Multilayer Heterostructures",
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