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Assembly and control of 3D nematic dipolar colloidal crystals by Nych, A., Ognysta, U., Škarabot, M., Ravnik, M., Žumer, S., Muševič, I.

“…Topology has long been considered as an abstract mathematical discipline with little connection to material science. Here we demonstrate that control over…”
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Design of 2D Binary Colloidal Crystals in a Nematic Liquid Crystal by Ognysta, U, Nych, A, Nazarenko, V, Škarabot, M, Muševič, I

“…In this paper, we examine directed self-assembly in a 2D binary system of dipolar and quadrupolar colloidal particles with normal surface boundary conditions,…”
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Blue Phase III: Topological Fluid of Skyrmions by Pišljar, J., Ghosh, S., Turlapati, S., Rao, N. V. S., Škarabot, M., Mertelj, A., Petelin, A., Nych, A., Marinčič, M., Pusovnik, A., Ravnik, M., Muševič, I.

“…Skyrmions are topologically protected, vortexlike formations of a field that cannot be removed by any smooth transformation and emerge in a range of…”
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Direct and inverted nematic dispersions for soft matter photonics by Muševič, I, Skarabot, M, Humar, M

“…General properties and recent developments in the field of nematic colloids and emulsions are discussed. The origin and nature of pair colloidal interactions…”
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Entangled nematic colloidal dimers and wires by Ravnik, M, Skarabot, M, Zumer, S, Tkalec, U, Poberaj, I, Babic, D, Osterman, N, Musevic, I

“…It has been predicted, but never confirmed, that colloidal particles in a nematic liquid crystal could be self-assembled by delocalized topological defects and…”
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Surface charge and interactions of 20-nm nanocolloids in a nematic liquid crystal by Ryzhkova, A V, Škarabot, M, Muševič, I

“…We studied real-time motion of individual 20-nm silica nanoparticles in a thin layer of a nematic liquid crystal using a dark-field optical videomicroscopy. By…”
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2D interactions and binary crystals of dipolar and quadrupolar nematic colloids by Ognysta, U, Nych, A, Nazarenko, V, Musevic, I, Skarabot, M, Ravnik, M, Zumer, S, Poberaj, I, Babic, D

“…In this Letter, we demonstrate that the symmetry of the elastic interaction between the dipolar and quadrupolar colloidal particles in the nematic liquid…”
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Topological binding and elastic interactions of microspheres and fibres in a nematic liquid crystal by Nikkhou, M., Škarabot, M., Muševič, I.

“…We present a detailed analysis of topological binding and elastic interactions between a long, and micrometer-diameter fiber, and a microsphere in a…”
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Skyrmions in blue phases of chiral liquid crystals by Pišljar, J., Marinčič, M., Ghosh, S., Turlapati, S., Nandiraju, Rao, Nych, A., Škarabot, M., Mertelj, A., Petelin, A., Pusovnik, A., Ravnik, M., Muševič, I.

“…Using high-resolution microscope observations, we show that both the static cubic (BPI) and the dynamic amorphous (BPIII) blue phases consist of fractional…”
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Chirality screening and metastable states in chiral nematic colloids by Jampani, V S R, Škarabot, M, Čopar, S, Žumer, S, Muševič, I

“…We show that forces between two colloidal particles in a thin layer of a chiral nematic liquid crystal strongly depend on the chirality of the liquid crystal…”
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Laser-driven microflow-induced bistable orientation of a nematic liquid crystal in perfluoropolymer-treated unrubbed cells by Jampani, V S R, Skarabot, M, Takezoe, H, Muševič, I, Dhara, S

“…We demonstrate laser-driven microflow-induced orientational change (homeotropic to planar) in a dye-doped nematic liquid crystal. The homeotropic to planar…”
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Dynamics of topological monopoles annihilation on a fibre in a thick and thin nematic layer by Nikkhou, M., Škarabot, M., Čopar, S., Muševič, I.

“… We study topological defect annihilation on a glass fibre with homeotropic surface anchoring of nematic liquid crystal molecules. The fibre is set parallel…”
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Coexistence of two colloidal crystals at the nematic-liquid-crystal-air interface by Nych, A B, Ognysta, U M, Pergamenshchik, V M, Lev, B I, Nazarenko, V G, Musevic, I, Skarabot, M, Lavrentovich, O D

“…Glycerol droplets at a nematic-liquid-crystal-air interface form two different lattices--hexagonal and dense quasihexagonal--which are separated by the energy…”
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Consolidation trend design based on Young's modulus of clarithromycin single crystals by Janković, B., Škarabot, M., Lavrič, Z., Ilić, I., Muševič, I., Srčič, S., Planinšek, O.

“…The key aim of this study was to determine single mechanical properties of clarithromycin polymorphic forms in order to select some of them as more suitable…”
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Light-induced rewiring and winding of Saturn ring defects in photosensitive chiral nematic colloids by Gvozdovskyy, I., Jampani, V. S. R., Škarabot, M., Muševič, I.

“…We study the winding and unwinding of Saturn ring defects around silica microspheres with homeotropic surface anchoring in a cholesteric liquid crystal with a…”
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Laser trapping of small colloidal particles in a nematic liquid crystal: Clouds and ghosts by MUSEVIC, I, SKARABOT, M, BABIC, D, OSTERMAN, N, POBERAJ, I, NAZARENKO, V, NYCH, A

“…We show that, contrary to intuition, small (< or =1 microm) transparent particles can be trapped and manipulated in a nematic liquid crystal using an intense…”
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Interactions of quadrupolar nematic colloids by Skarabot, M, Ravnik, M, Zumer, S, Tkalec, U, Poberaj, I, Babic, D, Osterman, N, Musevic, I

“…We present experimental and theoretical study of colloidal interactions in quadrupolar nematic liquid crystal colloids, confined to a thin planar nematic cell…”
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Transparent, amorphous and organics-free ZnO thin films produced by chemical solution deposition at 150 °C by Tellier, J., Kuščer, D., Malič, B., Cilenšek, J., Škarabot, M., Kovač, J., Gonçalves, G., Muševič, I., Kosec, M.

“…We have studied the low-temperature processing of ZnO by chemical solution deposition. A transparent, stable precursor solution prepared from zinc acetate…”
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Colloidal entanglement in highly twisted chiral nematic colloids: twisted loops, Hopf links, and trefoil knots by Jampani, V S R, Škarabot, M, Ravnik, M, Čopar, S, Žumer, S, Muševič, I

“…The topology and geometry of closed defect loops is studied in chiral nematic colloids with variable chirality. The colloidal particles with perpendicular…”
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Electrically tunable diffraction of light from 2D nematic colloidal crystals by Humar, M., Škarabot, M., Ravnik, M., Žumer, S., Poberaj, I., Babič, D., Muševič, I.

“…We show that diffraction of visible light from 2D dipolar nematic colloidal crystals can be tuned electrically. When the external electric field of ∼ 1V/μm is…”
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