Discovery of a new topological phase could lead to exciting developments in nanotechnology

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-discovery-topological-phase-nanotechnology.html

"2D topological phase... inherently topological forming merons and antimerons... symmetry breaking caused by sliding or twisting also results in in-plane polarization... in-plane polarization forms vector field... electrical properties 2D twisted systems, combining both in-plane and out-of-plane parts of polarization...  polarization field winds around by half revolution, forming meron (half a skyrmion)... twisted layer merons and antimerons... polar merons/antimerons... topological quantum computing"