Publications

U. Mur, S. Čopar, M. Ravnik, M. Čančula, and S. Žumer, Unveiling details of defect structures in chiral and achiral nematic droplets by improving simulations of optical images, Proc. SPIE 9940, 99400V (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

M. Ravnik, M. Štimulak, U. Mur, M. Čančula, S. Čopar, and S Žumer, Photonic crystals, light manipulation, and imaging in complex nematic structures, Proc. SPIE 9769, 97690B (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

M. Nikkhou, M. Škarabot, S. Čopar, and I. Muševič, Dynamics of topological monopoles annihilation on a fibre in a thick and thin nematic layer, Eur. Phys. J. E 39, 591 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

H. R. Brand, H. Pleiner, and D. Svenšek, Macroscopic behavior of polar nematic gels and elastomers, Eur. Phys. J. E 39, 105 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

R. Prislan, G. Veble, and D. Svenšek, Ray-trace modeling of acoustic Green's function based on the semiclassical (eikonal) approximation, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 140, 2695 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

H. Pleiner, D. Svenšek, and H. R. Brand, Hydrodynamics of active polar systems in a (visco)elastic background, Rheol. Acta 55, 857 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

R. Podgornik, M. A. Aksoyoglu, S. Yasar, D. Svenšek, and V. A. Parsegian, DNA equation of state: in vitro vs in viro, J. Phys. Chem. B 120, 6051 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

D. Svenšek and R. Podgornik, Generalized conservation law for main-chain polymer nematics, Phys. Rev. E 93, 052703 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

N. Osterman, J. Derganc, and D. Svenšek, Formation of vortices in long microcavities at low Reynolds number, Microfluid Nanofluid 20, 33 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

J. Aplinc, M. Štimulak, S. Čopar and M. Ravnik, Nematic liquid crystal gyroids as photonic crystals, Liq. Cryst. 43, 2320-2331 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF]. Invited paper.

A. Darmon, M. Benzaquen, S. Čopar, O. Dauchot and T. Lopez-Leon, Topological defects in cholesteric liquid crystal shells, Soft Matter 12, 9280-9288 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

M. Čančula, M. Ravnik, I. Muševič, and S. Žumer, Liquid microlenses and waveguides from bulk nematic birefringent profiles, Opt. Express 24, 22177-22188 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

A. Darmon, M. Benzaquen, D. Seč, S. Čopar, O. Dauchot and T. Lopez-Leon, Waltzing route toward double-helix formation in cholesteric shells, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 113, 9469-9474 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

I. Bajc, F. Hecht and S. Žumer, A mesh adaptivity scheme on the Landau–de Gennes functional minimization case in 3D, and its driving efficiency, J. Comput. Phys. 321, 981 (2016). [Abstract] [PDF].

J. Aplinc, S. Morris and M. Ravnik, Porous nematic microfluidics for generation of umbilic defects and umbilic defect lattices, Phys. Rew. Fluids 1, 023303 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

G. Posnjak, S. Čopar and I. Muševič, Points, skyrmions and torons in chiral nematic droplets, Sci. Rep. 6, 26361 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

S. Čopar, D. Seč, L. E. Aguirre, P. L. Almeida, M. Dazza, M. Ravnik, M. H. Godinho, P. Pieranski and S. Žumer, Sensing and tuning microfiber chirality with nematic chirogyral effect, Phys. Rev. E 93, 032703 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

L. E. Aguirre, A. de Oliveira, D. Seč, S. Čopar, P. L. Almeida, M. Ravnik, M. H. Godinho and S. Žumer, Sensing surface morphology of biofibers by decorating spider silk and cellulosic filaments with nematic microdroplets, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 113, 1174 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

Ž. Kos and M. Ravnik, Relevance of saddle-splay elasticity in complex nematic geometries, Soft Matter 12, 1313 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].

L. Cattaneo, Ž. Kos, M. Savoini, P. Kouwer, A. Rowan, M. Ravnik, I. Musevič and T. Rasing, Electric field generation of Skyrmion-like structures in a nematic liquid crystal, Soft Matter 12, 853 (2016) [Abstract] [PDF].