Karube, K.White, J. S.Morikawa, D.Bartkowiak, M.Kikkawa, A.Tokunaga, Y.Arima, T.Rønnow, H. M.Tokura, Y.Taguchi, Y.2018-02-052018-02-052018-02-05201710.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.074405https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/144632We report that in a β-Mn-type chiral magnet Co9Zn9Mn2, skyrmions are realized as a metastable state over a wide temperature range, including room temperature, via field cooling through the thermodynamic equilibrium skyrmion phase that exists below a transition temperature Tc∼400 K. The once-created metastable skyrmions survive at zero magnetic field both at and above room temperature. Such robust skyrmions in a wide temperature and magnetic field region demonstrate the key role of topology and provide a significant step toward technological applications of skyrmions in bulk chiral magnets.text::journal::journal article::research article