A nematic liquid crystal under constant illumination spontaneously forms a periodic array of topological solitons that oscillates in time, demonstrating a continuous space-time crystal.
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Space-time crystals from particle-like topological solitons
A nematic liquid crystal under constant illumination spontaneously forms a periodic array of topological solitons that oscillates in time, demonstrating a continuous space-time crystal.