Resonant soft X-ray scattering unmasks the nanoscale helical structure in soft matter materials with no electron density modulation

M. Salamonczyk, N. Vaupotič, D. Pociecha, C. Wang, C. Zhu, E. Górecka, Structure of nanoscale-pitch helical phases: blue phase and twist-bend nematic phase resolved by resonant soft X-ray scattering. Soft matter 38, 6694 (2017). pdf na 10.1039/c7sm00967d.


Decomposition vs. Escape of Topological Defects in a Nematic Liquid Crystal.

B. Murray, S. Kralj, C. Rosenblatt, Decomposition vs. escape of topological defects in a nematic liquid crystal, Soft matter 13, 8442 (2017). pdf


The isothermal (T = 368 K) pressure evolution of dielectric constant in 5OCB and 5OCB + NPs (BaTiO3, superparaelectric cubic phase) systems.

S. Starzonek, S. Rzoska, A. Drozd-Rzoska, K. Czupryński, S. Kralj, Impact of ferroelectric and superparaelectric nanoparticles on phase transitions and dynamics in nematic liquid crystals, Physical review 96, 022705 (2017). pdf


S. Kralj, B. Murray, C. Rosenblatt, Decomposition of strongly charged topological defects, Physical review. E95, 042702 (2017). pdf


Twist-grain boundary phase stabilized by Au nanoparticles.

M. Trček, G. Cordoyiannis, B. Rožic, V. Tzitzios, G. Nounesis, S. Kralj, I. Lelidis, E. Lacaze, H. Amenitsch, Z. Kutnjak, Twist-grain boundary phase induced by Au nanoparticles in a chiral liquid crystal host, Liquid crystals 44, 1575 (2017). pdf


Impact of curvature on topological defects.

 L. Mesarec, W. Góźdź, A. Iglič, S. Kralj, Impact of curvature on topological defects, Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 780, 012015 (2017). pdf


Non-axisymmetric vesicle shape calculated by MC simulations for the membrane composed of two isotropic constituents.

L. Mesarec, W. Góźdź, S. Kralj, M. Fošnarič, S. Penič, V. Kralj-Iglič, A. Iglič, On the role of external force of actin filaments in the formation of tubular protrusions of closed membrane shapes with anisotropic membrane components, European biophysics journal 46, 705 (2017). pdf


Typical DLA networks used in our simulations.

S. Harkai, M. Ambrožič, S. Kralj, Impact of diffusion limited aggregates of impurities on nematic ordering, Physica. A 467, 249 (2017). pdf