Physicists Create First-Ever Visible “Time Crystal”

JunggooLee on November 21, 2025 5:47 pm B Memo 2511220948_Source 1. Reinterpretation Storytelling 【】 Source 1. https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-create-first-ever-visible-time-crystal/ 1. _Physicists Create First Ever Visible “Time Crystal” _Scientists have created a visible form of “time crystal,” a strange material that moves in an endlessly repeating pattern when illuminated by light. _Using liquid crystals similar to those used in cell phone screens, the research team created a vortex structure that behaves like particles and self-circulates with time. 1-1. _Physicists have created a visible, self-sustaining “time crystal” using vortex-shaped liquid crystals that move in an endlessly repeating pattern when illuminated by light. _Imagine a clock that runs forever, without batteries or wires, and whose hands never stop spinning. In a recent study, physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder created something that mirrors this idea using liquid crystals, the same material used in cell phone screens. Their research has created a new form known as a “time crystal,” a state of matter in which components such as atoms or particles are constantly in motion. 1-2. Time crystals have been created before, but this is the first one that can be seen directly, which could open the door to practical applications. “They can be observed directly under a microscope, and under special conditions, even with the naked eye,” said Hanqing Zhao, a graduate student in physics at CU Boulder and lead author of the study. Zhao and Ivan Smalyukh, a professor of physics and a fellow at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), recently published their findings. 1-2.

Natural Materials For their experiments, the team prepared glass cells filled with liquid crystals, made up of rod-shaped molecules. These liquid crystals behave partly like a solid and partly like a liquid. Under certain conditions, when illuminated by light, these molecules move and swirl, forming a cyclical motion in a repeating sequence. 【Time crystal is tsp.(>)qqcell.(>)nqvixer.(>)eqpms.(>)dark_energy. The crucial difference is that it doesn’t react to light, a type of electromagnetic wave. >>>Dark energy, which is on a different scale, directly projects at least two ray of nqvixer energy into and out of sample2. from the corners of the cube to the center, lensing (at the center point). Huh. >>>Someone got lucky and won the Nobel Prize for something so trivial. Huh. And someone made time crystals visible or data-wise… I don’t know. For me, it’s the best result. Hmm. >>>>[*tsps(time_space.particles)] are the cosmic particles created in sample2. In other words, the 17 quarks, leptons, bosons, and Higgs particles we discovered in the Standard Model were the limiting magic sum of msbase4.universe. [*] A particle with an infinite number of radioactive isotopes of time is crystalline matter. >>>> Then, msbaser isn’t just ms4. Don’t you see? Baby.onu!!!! There’s also ms5 and 181819. Don’t you see? >>>> Anyway… the number of elementary particles in the multiverse won’t end at ms4.magicsum.value.17, so my eqpms.dark_energy theory explains how that’s possible. Hmm. >>> When tsp.17 = nk2, the Big Bang event… Uh-huh. That can’t be right… the multiverse is nothing more than tsp.n??? Do you really believe that? (Looking at onu) Crap!!! Here it is, here it is!!! I got the feeling. Dojang, Whaaaat!!) New generation gag concert style… sudden transformation (baby_onu.facehook_play.comedy) 2509130325 sample2.qoms(standard) _____________ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1=2,0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0_Before(e»m) _________>>>>>n elementary particles, mass generated 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 _________<<<<511 keV energy generated 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1_After(m»e=e«m) *(*de,dp) domain is dark_energy,tsp(qcell) (*pe,pm) is normal energy, particle_mass 】 2. _When observed under a microscope, the sample exhibits a pattern that appears to be a colorful, irregular stripe. This movement can continue for hours, reflecting the concept of an endlessly ticking clock. _Stripes of a time crystal observed under a microscope. _"Everything is born from nothing," Smalyuk said. "Just shine a light on it, and the entire world made of this time crystal is revealed." 2-1. Zao and Smalyuk are members of the Colorado satellite of the International Institute for Sustainability of Knotted Chiral Metamaterials (WPI-SKCM2), headquartered at Hiroshima University in Japan. This institute is an international research center that aims to create artificial material forms and contribute to sustainability. 2-2. Crystals in Space and Time Time crystals may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are inspired by naturally occurring crystals, such as diamonds and table salt. Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek first proposed the concept of time crystals in 2012. Traditional crystals can be thought of as "spatial crystals." For example, the carbon atoms that make up diamond form a lattice pattern that is extremely difficult to break apart in space. Wilczek wondered whether it would be possible to create similarly well-organized crystals, but only in time, not space. 3. _Even at rest, atoms in such a state wouldn't form a lattice pattern, but would move or deform in an endless cycle, like a GIF looping forever. _While Wilczek's original concept proved impractical, scientists have since created a remarkably similar level of matter. _For example, in 2021, physicists used Google's Sycamore quantum computer to create a unique network of atoms. When the researchers shined a laser beam on these atoms, they experienced repeated fluctuations. 3-1. Dancing Crystals _In a new study, Zhao and Smalyuk wanted to see if they could achieve similar results with liquid crystals. _Smalyuk explained that when these molecules are squeezed just right, they clump together and form a coil. Remarkably, this coil can move and, under certain conditions, even behave like atoms. _"These coils can't be easily removed," Smalyuk said. "The twists behave like particles and begin to interact with each other." In this study, Smalyuk and Zhao placed a liquid crystal solution between two pieces of glass coated with dye molecules. These samples themselves were largely motionless. However, when the researchers shined a specific type of light, the dye molecules changed direction, squeezing the liquid crystal. This process suddenly created thousands of new twists. 3-2. These twists began to interact with each other through an incredibly complex series of steps. Imagine a room full of dancers in a Jane Austen novel. They separate, circle the room, meet again, and repeat the entire process. The time pattern was also incredibly difficult to break. The researchers were able to increase or decrease the temperature of the sample without disrupting the liquid crystal's movement. "That's the beauty of time," Smalyuk said. "You just create conditions that aren't that special. You just shine the light and everything happens." 3-3. Zhao and Smalyuk say these time crystals could be used for a variety of purposes. For example, governments could add these substances to banknotes to make them harder to counterfeit. If they wanted to determine if a $100 bill was authentic, they could shine a light on the "time watermark" and observe the pattern that appears.

The team could create even more complex patterns by stacking multiple different time crystals, allowing engineers to store vast amounts of digital data. "We don't want to limit the applications right now," Smalyuk said. "We think there's a lot of opportunity to develop this technology in many different directions.