An all-electric switch of the persistent electron swirl in a quantum anomalous Hall state enables researchers to flip the electronic chirality of this quantum state.
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Moll, P.J.W. All-electric writing of a chiral quantum memory. Nat. Mater. 23, 35–36 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01751-6
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