<p>➀ Researchers from HZB and collaborating institutions have published a study in Nature Communications investigating chiral, swirling polar patterns in a unique class of nanoislands on silicon, which can be stabilized and manipulated by an external electric field.</p><p>➁ The nanoislands, formed by BaTiO3 structures on a silicon substrate, exhibit stable polarization domains and can be reversibly switched by an external electric field.</p><p>➂ The study provides insights into the reversible switching of these chiral topological textures and their potential applications in future nanoelectronics.</p>