Publications

V. P. Patil, Ž. Kos, and J. Dunkel, Harmonic flow field representations of quantum bits and gates, Phys. Rev. Research 6, 043039 (2024) [Link].

J. Zaplotnik, U. Mur, I. Muševič, and M. Ravnik, Photonic defect modes in cholesteric liquid crystal resonators with embedded isotropic layers, Opt. Express 32, 34564-34581 (2024) [Link]

V. S. R. Jampani, M. Skarabot, U. Mur, D. Baigl, U. Jonas, J. P. F. Lagerwall, M. Ravnik, and M. Anyfantakis, Water-templated growth of interfacial superglue polymers for tunable thin films and in situ fluid encapsulation, Adv. Matter., 2408243  (2024) [Link].

K. Anaswara Das, M. Praveen Kumar, S. Čopar and  S. Dhara, Effect of rotational shear on the dielectric dispersion of a nematic liquid crystal above the Freedericksz threshold field, Soft Matter ?, ? (2024) [Link].

S. Čopar and Ž. Kos, Many-defect solutions in planar nematics: interactions, spiral textures and boundary conditions, Soft Matter 20, 6894 (2024) [Link].

S. J. Kim, Ž. Kos, E. Um and J. Jeong, Symmetrically pulsating bubbles swim in an anisotropic fluid by nematodynamics, Nat. Commun. 15, 1220 (2024) [Link].

G. Pirnat, M. Marinčič, M. Ravnik and M. Humar, Quantifying local stiffness and forces in soft biological tissues using droplet optical microcavities, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 121 (4), e2314884121 (2024) [Link]. 

L. Tubiana, G.P. Alexander, A. Barbensi, D. Buck, J.H.E. Cartwright, M. Chwastyk, M. Cieplak, I. Coluzza, S. Copar, D.J. Craik, M. Di Stefano, R. Everaers, P.F.N. Faísca, F. Ferrari, A. Giacometti, D. Goundaroulis, E. Haglund, Y.-Ming Hou, N. Ilieva, S. E. Jackson, A. Japaridze, N. Kaplan, A.R. Klotz, H. Li, C.N. Likos, E. Locatelli, T. López-León, T. Machon, C. Micheletti, D. de Michieletto, A. Niemi, W. Niemyska, S. Niewieczerzal, F. Nitti, E. Orlandini, S. Pasquali, A. P. Perlinska, R. Podgornik, R. Potestio, N. M. Pugno, M. Ravnik, R. Ricca, C.M. Rohwer, A. Rosa, J. Smrek, A. Souslov, A. Stasiak, D. Steer, J. Sulkowska, P. Sulkowski, De Witt L. Sumners, C. Svaneborg, P. Szymczak, T. Tarenzi, R. Travasso, P. Virnau, D. Vlassopoulos, P. Ziherl, S. Zumer, Topology in soft and biological matter, Phys. Rep. 1075, 1 (2024). [Link].

J. Stergar and S. Čopar, Experimenting with light at the 6th European Physics Olympiad, Eur. J. Phys. 45, 024001 (2024) [Link].

V. J. Pratley, E. Caf, M. Ravnik, and G. P. Alexander, Three-dimensional spontaneous flow transition in a homeotropic active nematic, Comm. Phys. 7, 127 (2024). [Link].

N. Kralj, M. Ravnik, and Ž. Kos, Chirality, anisotropic viscosity and elastic anisotropy in three-dimensional active nematic turbulence, Comm. Phys. 7, 222 (2024). [Link].

G. Skačej, Barocaloric effect in a Gay-Berne liquid crystal, Phys. Rev. E 109, L052701 (2024) [Link].

P. Ropač, Yu-T. Hsiao, B. Berteloot, M. Ravnik, and J. Beeckman, Material-constrained optimization of liquid crystal-based holograms, Adv. Opt. Matter., 2400972  (2024). [Link].

P. Ropač, Y.-T. Hsiao, B. Berteloot, Y. Ussembayev, I. Nys, M. Ravnik, and K. Neyts, Liquid Crystal 3D Optical Waveguides Based on Photoalignment. Adv. Optical Mater., 2402174 (2024). [Link]

S. Liu, M. Marincic, I. Nys, M. Ravnik, and K. Neyts, Photopatterned Anchoring Stabilizing Monodomain Blue Phases, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, (2024), DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c14574. [Link]