Publications

D. Svenšek, G. M. Grason, and R. Podgornik, Tensorial conservation law for nematic polymers , Phys. Rev. E 88, 052603 (2013)  [Abstract] [PDF].

H. R. Brand, H. Pleiner, and D. Svenšek, Lehmann effects and rotatoelectricity in liquid crystalline systems made of achiral molecules, Phys. Rev. E 88, 024501 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

D. Svenšek, H. Pleiner, and H. R. Brand, Collective stop-and-go dynamics of active bacteria swarms, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 228101 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

H. Pleiner, D. Svenšek, and H. R. Brand, Active polar two-fluid macroscopic dynamics, Eur. Phys. J. E 36, 135 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

S. Čopar, T. Porenta and S. Žumer, Visualization methods for complex nematic fields, Liquid Crystals 40, 1759 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

M. Cavallaro Jr., M. A. Gharbi, D. A. Beller, S. Čopar, Z. Shi, T. Baumgart, S. Yang, R. D. Kamien and K. J. Stebe, Exploiting imperfections in the bulk to direct assembly of surface colloids, PNAS 110, 18804 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

M. Cavallaro Jr., M. A. Gharbi, D. A. Beller, S. Čopar, Z. Shi, R. D. Kamien, S. Yang, T. Baumgart and K. J. Stebe, Ring Around the Colloid, Soft Matter 9, 9099 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

S. Čopar, N. A. Clark, M. Ravnik and S. Žumer, Elementary building blocks of nematic disclination networks in densely packed 3D colloidal lattices, Soft Matter 9, 8203 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

Y. Geng, D. Seč, P. L. Almeida, O. D. Lavrentovich, S. Žumer and M. H. Godinho, Liquid Crystal Necklaces: Cholesteric Drops Threaded by Thin Cellulose Fibres, Soft Matter 9, 7928 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

M. A. Gharbi, D. Seč, T. Lopez-Leon, M. Nobili, M. Ravnik, S. Žumer, and C. Blanc, Microparticles confined to a nematic liquid crystal shell, Soft Matter 9, 6911 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

S. Čopar, and S. Žumer, Quaternions and hybrid nematic disclinations, Proc. R. Soc. A 469, 2156 (2013)  [Abstract] [PDF].

C. Chiccoli, P. Pasini, G Skačej, C. Zannoni, and S. Žumer, Chirality Transfer from Helical Nanostructures to Nematics: A Monte Carlo Study, MCLC 576 151 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

M. Ravnik, Topology with Liquid Crystals, Physics 6, 65 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF] [Related].

S. Čopar, M. R. Dennis, R. D. Kamien, and S. Žumer, Singular Values, Nematic Disclinations, and Emergent Biaxiality, Phys. Rev. E 87, 050504 (2013)  [Abstract] [PDF].

J-i. Fukuda and S. Žumer, Field-induced dynamics and structures in a cholesteric-blue-phase cell, Phys. Rev. E 87, 042506 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

V. S. R. Jampani, M. Škarabot, S. Čopar, S. Žumer, and I. Muševič, Chirality-Screening and Metastable States in Chiral Nematic Colloids, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 177801 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

A. Nych, U. Ognysta, M. Škarabot, M. Ravnik, S. Žumer, and I. Muševič, Assembly and control of 3D nematic dipolar colloidal crystals,  Nat. Commun. 4, 1489 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

A. Sengupta, U. Tkalec, M. Ravnik, J.M. Yeomans, C. Bahr, and S. Herminghaus, Liquid Crystal Microfluidics for Tunable Flow Shaping, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 048303 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].

M. Ravnik and J. M. Yeomans, Confined Active Nematic Flow in Cylindrical Capillaries,  Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 026001 (2013) [Abstract] [PDF].