..., the current work introduces a self-oscillating string-mass system, comprising of a mass ball and a thermally responsive liquid crystal elastomer string exposed to a constant gradient temperature. By employing theoretical modeling and numerical simulation, we have identified two motion regimes of the system...

...Zhengxuan Wei; Peixun Wang; Ruobing Bai Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are made of liquid crystal molecules integrated with rubber-like polymer networks. An LCE exhibits both the thermotropic property of liquid crystals and the large deformation of elastomers. It can be monodomain or polydomain...