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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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Dynamics and Topology of Symmetry Breaking with Skyrmions by Pišljar, J, Nych, A, Ognysta, U, Petelin, A, Kralj, S, Muševič, I

“…We observe that pretransitional order parameter fluctuations of a skyrmion-forming chiral nematic liquid crystal are slowed down for 4 orders of magnitude, if…”
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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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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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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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Crystal structure in nematic emulsion by Nazarenko, V G, Nych, A B, Lev, B I

“…We describe the experimental observation of a crystal structure formed by glycerol droplets suspended in a nematic liquid crystal. The structure exhibits 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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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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Ordered droplet structures at the liquid crystal surface and elastic-capillary colloidal interactions by SMALYUKH, I. I, CHERNYSHUK, S, LEV, B. I, NYCH, A. B, OGNYSTA, U, NAZARENKO, V. G, LAVRENTOVICH, O. D

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Ordered droplet structures at the liquid crystal surface and elastic-capillary colloidal interactions by Smalyukh, I I, Chernyshuk, S, Lev, B I, Nych, A B, Ognysta, U, Nazarenko, V G, Lavrentovich, O D

“…We demonstrate a variety of ordered patterns, including hexagonal structures and chains, formed by colloidal particles (droplets) at the free surface of a…”
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Alignment memory of a nematic liquid crystal and thermal isotropization of the surface adsorbed layer by Nych, A. B, Reznikov, D. Yu, Boiko, O. P, Nazarenko, V. G, Pergamenshchik, V. M, Bos, P

“…We use a digital image analysis of the schlieren textures to study the effect of memory of the surface anisotropy in a nematic-liquid-crystal cell and…”
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Square colloidal lattices and pair interaction in a binary system of quadrupolar nematic colloids by Ognysta, U M, Nych, A B, Uzunova, V A, Pergamenschik, V M, Nazarenko, V G, Škarabot, M, Muševič, I

“…Spherical colloidal particles with normal and tangential surface director alignment in a nematic liquid crystal induce elastic quadrupoles of opposite signs…”
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Chiral bipolar colloids from nonchiral chromonic liquid crystals by Nych, A, Ognysta, U, Muševič, I, Seč, D, Ravnik, M, Zumer, S

“…We demonstrate that high anisotropy of elastic constants of chromonic liquid crystals leads to a number of spontaneously twisted nematic director fields around…”
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Selective light-induced desorption: The mechanism of photoalignment of liquid crystals at adsorbing solid surfaces by Nazarenko, V. G, Boiko, O. P, Nych, A. B, Nastishin, Yu. A, Pergamenshchik, V. M, Bos, P

“…We demonstrate experimentally that bare solid surfaces with adsorbed organic molecules can orient liquid crystals after UV light irradiation. The detailed…”
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Melting of 2D liquid crystal colloidal structure by A. Brodin, A. Nych, U. Ognysta, B. Lev, V. Nazarenko, M. Škarabot, I. Muševič

“…Using video microscopy, we investigated melting of a two-dimensional colloidal system, formed by glycerol droplets at the free surface of a nematic liquid…”
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Distribution and abundance of marsh-nesting colonial waterbirds in Prairie Canada by McKellar, Ann E., Nych, Luke A., Bidwell, Mark T.

“…Waterbird species face numerous threats and many are declining globally, but knowledge of distribution, abundance, and trend remains poor for many species…”
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Laser trapping of low refractive index colloids in a nematic liquid crystal by Skarabot, M, Ravnik, M, Babic, D, Osterman, N, Poberaj, I, Zumer, S, Musevic, I, Nych, A, Ognysta, U, Nazarenko, V

“…We describe and analyze laser trapping of small colloidal particles in a nematic liquid crystal, where the index of refraction of colloids is smaller compared…”
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Anisotropic laser trapping in nematic colloidal dispersion by LEV, B, NYCH, A, OGNYSTA, U, CHERNYSHUK, S. B, NAZARENKO, V, SKARABOT, M, POBERAJ, I, BABIT, D, OSTERMAN, N, MUSEVIC, I

“…The interaction between a colloidal particle and a focused laser beam in a nematic liquid crystal reveals an unusual anisotropic Coulomb-like character…”
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Nematic emulsion in a magnetic field by Lev, B., Nych, A., Ognysta, U., Reznikov, D., Chernyshuk, S., Nazarenko, V.

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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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