Liquid crystal defect structures with topology similar to a Möbius strip can rotate, translate and transform into one another under an applied electric field.
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Tran, L. Topological defects with a half twist. Nat. Phys. 19, 320–321 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01909-0
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