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  Eskildsen Group
Superconductivity and Vortices
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Our group is dedicated to the fascinating physics of unusual and/or unconventional superconductors, with a strong emphasis on understanding the fundamental properties of such materials.

We focus on experimental studies of vortices, and how they can be used to probe the detailed nature of the superconducting state of the host material.

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Latest News & Events
Morten Eskildsen presented our results on critical depinning and collective dynamics of the skyrmion lattice in Cu2OSeO3 at the Workshop on Real and Momentum Space Topology held at Notre Dame.
July 24-26, 2025
Grace Longbons successfully defended her thesis on small-angle neutron scattering studies of vortices and skyrmions, including the development of a scanning-SANS technique. Congratulations Dr. Longbons!
June 19, 2025
Nathan Chalus successfully defended his thesis on small-angle neutron scattering studies focusing on operando studies of skyrmion under the influence of electrical and thermal currents. Congratulations Dr. Chalus!
April 1, 2025
Morten Eskildsen presented a talk at the 2025 APS Global Physics Summit in Anaheim (CA) on our SANS studies of the skyrmion lattice in Cu2OSeO3 under the influence of a magnon current.
March 17-21, 2025
Our studies of the skyrmion lattice (SkL) in MnSi under the influence of radial electrical currents and thermal gradients were published in PRB, showing a nonmonotonic response that indicates the presence of two competing effects on the SkL. This was a combination of SANS measurements, and molecular dynamics simulations carried out in collaboration with Prof. Milorad Milošević from the University of Antwerp.
February 7, 2025
Nolan Powers graduated with a B.S. in Physics. Congratulations and best wishes for your future career!
December, 2024
Travis Burnard has joined the group. His research will focus on molecular dynamics simulations of magnetic skyrmions to complement the SANS experiment. Welcome!
December, 2024
Daniel Rascon Romo has joined our group and will be working on SANS studies of magnetic skyrmions and superconducting vortices. Welcome!
November, 2024
Morten Eskildsen will give an invited talk on our SANS studies of skyrmions under the influence of a radial thermal gradient at the conference From Solid State to Biophysics XI in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
June 8-15, 2024
Using atomic manipulation and scanning tunneling spectroscopy, we performed quantitative analogue simulations of planar molecules. Results were published in Nano Lett. This was a veritable tour-de-force and involved multiple generations of graduate students.
May 21, 2024
Our molecular dynamics simulations of reversible, irreversible, and mixed regimes for periodically driven disks in random obstacle arrays were published in PRE. The MD simulations were performed by Danny Minogue and the work was done in collaboration with Drs. Cynthia and Charles Reichhardt at Los Alamos Natl. Lab.
April 19, 2024
Grace Longbons, Nathan Chalus and Morten Eskildsen presented talks at the 2024 APS March meeting in Minneapolis (MN).
March 4 - 8, 2024
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Contact Information
Prof. Morten R Eskildsen
Department of Physics
225 Nieuwland Science Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Email: eskildsen@nd.edu
Ph.: 574-631-4010

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Eskildsen Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy
225 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Phone: 574-631-4010 Email: eskildsen@nd.edu
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