  This paper reports on a theoretical proposal for electrical creation of
magnetic skyrmions on a thin-film specimen of a multiferroic chiral magnet by
local application of an electric field, instead of an electric current, via an
electrode tip. This method can be traced back to the mutual coupling between
skyrmion spins and the electric polarizations in multiferroics, and represents
a unique technique for use in potential skyrmion-based memory devices without
Joule-heating losses.
