Electric Field Control Of Moiré Skyrmion Phases in Twisted Multiferroic NiI₂ Bilayers

Abstract

Twisted magnetic van der Waals materials provide a flexible platform to engineer unconventional magnetism. Here we demonstrate the emergence of electrically tunable topological moirémagnetism in twisted bilayers of the spin-spiral multiferroic NiI 2 . We establish a rich phase diagram featuring uniform spiral phases, a variety of kπ-skyrmion lattices, and nematic spin textures ordered at the moiréscale. The emergence of these phases is driven by the local stacking and the resulting moirémodulated frustration. Notably, when the spin-spiral wavelength is commensurate with the moirélength scale by an integer k, multiwalled skyrmions become pinned to the moirépattern. We show that the strong magnetoelectric coupling displayed by the moirémultiferroic allows electric control of the kπ-skyrmion lattices by an outof-plane electric field. Our results establish a highly tunable platform for skyrmionics based on twisted van der Waals multiferroics, potentially enabling a new generation of ultrathin topologically protected spintronic devices.