Publications

G. Skačej, Elastocaloric effect in liquid crystal elastomers from molecular simulations, Liquid Crystals 45, 1964 (2018) [Link] [PDF].

S. Žumer Elusive torque sensed by liquid crystals, Nature 564, 350-351 (2018). [Link] [PDF].

D. S. Kim, S. Čopar, U. Tkalec, and D. K. Yoon, Mosaics of topological defects in micropatterned liquid crystal textures, Sci. Adv. 4, 11 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

J. Fukuda, A. Nych, U. Ognysta, S. Žumer, I. Muševič Liquid-crystalline half-Skyrmion lattice spotted by Kossel diagrams, Sci. Rep. 8, 17234 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

J. Everts and M. Ravnik, Complex electric double layers in charged topological colloids, Sci. Rep. 8, 14119 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

J. Pisljar and M. Ravnik, Lensing and waveguiding in birefringent double-twist cylinders demonstrated using FDTD simulations, Opt. Exp. 26, 26327 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

A. Bregar, M. Stimulak and M. Ravnik, Photonic properties of heliconical liquid crystals, Opt. Exp. 26, 23265 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

S. Wang, M. Ravnik and S. Zumer, Surface-patterning generated half-skyrmion lattices in cholesteric blue phase thin films, Liq. Cryst., (2018), https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2018.1512168. [Abstract] [PDF].

C. C. Tartan, J. J. Sandford O Neill, P. S. Salter, J. Aplinc, M. J. Booth, M. Ravnik, S. M. Morris, and S. J. Elston, Read on Demand Images in Laser-Written Polymerizable Liquid Crystal Devices, Adv. Optical Mater. (2018), https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201800515. [Abstract] [PDF]. Highlighted as News & Views in Nature Photonics [LINK].

M. Zidar, D. Kuzman and M. Ravnik, Characterisation of protein aggregation with the Smoluchowski coagulation approach for use in biopharmaceuticals, Soft Matter 14, 6001 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

J. Dontabhaktuni, M. Ravnik and S. Zumer, Quasicrystalline Ordering in Thin Liquid Crystal Films, Materials 8, 275 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

S. M. Hashemi, M. Ravnik, Nematic colloidal knots in topological environments, Soft Matter 14, 4935 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

P. Guillamat, Ž. Kos, J. Hardoüin, J. Ignés-Mullol, M. Ravnik and F. Sagués, Active nematic emulsions, Science Advances 4,4 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

G. Skačej, Sample preparation affects the nematic-isotropic transition in liquid crystal elastomers: insights from molecular simulation, Soft Matter 14, 1408 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

C. Chiccoli, L. R. Evangelista, P. Pasini, G. Skačej, R. Teixeira de Souza, and C. Zannoni, On the Defect Structure of Biaxial Nematic Droplets, Sci. Rep. 8, 2130 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

Ž. Kos and M. Ravnik, Elementary Flow Field Profiles of Micro-Swimmers in Weakly Anisotropic Nematic Fluids: Stokeslet, Stresslet, Rotlet and Source Flows, Fluids 3, 15 (2018). [Abstract] [Open Access: PDF].

T. Potisk, A. Mertelj, N. Sebastián, N. Osterman, D. Lisjak, H. R. Brand, H. Pleiner and D. Svenšek, Magneto-optic dynamics in a ferromagnetic nematic liquid crystal, Phys. Rev. E 97, 012701 (2018). [Abstract] [PDF].

J. Fukuda and S. Žumer, Reflection spectra and near-field images of a liquid crystalline half-Skyrmion lattice, Opt. Express 26, 1174 (2018). [Abstract] [Open Access: PDF].