We demonstrate the formation of metastable Néel-type skyrmion arrays in Pt/Co/Ni/Ir multi-
layers at zero-field following the ex situ application of an in-plane magnetic field using
Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. The resultant skyrmion texture is found to depend
on both the strength and misorientation of the applied field as well as the interfacial
Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction. To demonstrate the importance of the applied field angle,
we leverage bend contours in the specimens, which coincide with transition regions …