Dielectric response

A.Drozd-Rzoska, S. Starzonek, S.J. Rzoska, J. Ło´s, Z. Kutnjak, S. Kralj, Pretransitional

Effects of the Isotropic Liquid–Plastic Crystal Transition, Molecules 26, 429 (2021).

doi: 10.3390/molecules26020429


Impact of nanoparticles on LCs

M. Ambrožic, P. Kaushik, S. Kralj, A. Hölbl, Nanoparticle controlled nematic macroscopic properties, Journal of Molecular Structure 1230, 129878 (2021).

doi: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.129878


Switchable device implementations

K. Pal, A. Aljabali, S. Kralj, S. Thomas, G. Gernando, Graphene-assembly liquid crystalline and nanopolymer hybridization : a review on switchable device implementations, Chemosphere 263, 1 (2021).

 doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128104pdf


Nematic topological defects

M. Kralj, M. Kralj, S. Kralj

Topological defects in nematic liquid crystals: laboratory of fundamental physics 

Physica status solidi. A, Applications and materials science 218, 2000752 (2021). pdf


Sunlight sterilized graphene mask

K. Pal, G. Kyzas, S. Kralj, F.G. Souza

Sunlight sterilized, recyclable and super hydrophobic anti-COVID laser-induced graphene mask formulation for indelible usability

Journal of molecular structure 1233, 130100 (2021). pdf


Disclination core structure

S. Harkai, K. Pal, S. Kralj

Manipulation of m = 1 topological disclination line core structure

Journal of molecular structure 1234, 30162 (2021). pdf


Dust devil-like vortex

A.Fajmut, K. Pal, S. Harkai, D. Črešnar, Z. Kutnjak, S. Kralj

The core structure of a laboratory-made dust devil-like vortex and its condensed matter analogs

Journal of molecular structure 1237, 30335 (2021). pdf


Curvature attracts defects

L. Mesarec, A. Iglič, V. Kralj-Iglič, W. Góźdź, E.G. Virga, S. Kralj

Curvature potential unveiled topological defect attractors

Crystals 11, 539, str. 1-16, (2021). pdf


Membrane fission

E. Gongadze, L. Mesarec, S. Kralj, V. Kralj-Iglič, A. Iglič

On the role of electrostatic repulsion in topological defect-driven membrane fission

Membranes 11, 812 (2021). pdf


Nanoparticle-driven stabilization of defect lattices

G. Cordoyiannis, M. Lavrič, V. Tzitzios, M. Trček, I. Lelidis, G. Nounesis, 

S. Kralj, J. Thoen, Z. Kutnjak

Experimental advances in nanoparticle-driven stabilization of liquid-crystalline blue phases and twist-grain boundary phases

Nanomaterials 11, 2968 (2021). pdf  


 Co-revolving topological defects 

A.L. Susser, S. Kralj, C. Rosenblatt 

Co-revolving topological defects in a nematic liquid crystal 

Soft Matter 17, 9616 (2021). pdf


Dual-frequency electrically driven nematic microstructures

A.Dubtsov, S. Pasechnik, D. Shmeliova, B. Umanskii, S. Kralj

Dual-frequency electrically driven nematic microstructures confined to biaxial porous polymer membranes

Applied physics letters 119, 221903 (2021). pdf


Critical phase behaviour

Apparao Gudimalla, Sabu Thomas, Aleksander Zidanšek

Phase behaviour of n-CB liquid crystals confined to controlled pore glasses

Journal of Molecular Structure1235, 130217 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130217


Maintaining item banks with the Rasch model: an example from wave optics.

SALIBAŠIĆ GLAMOČIĆ, Džana, MEŠIĆ, Vanes, NEUMANN, Knut, SUŠAC, Ana, BOONE, William J., AVIANI, Ivica, HASOVIĆ, Elvedin, ERCEG, Nataša, REPNIK, Robert, GRUBELNIK, Vladimir.  

Physical review. Physics education research. 2021, vol. 17, iss. 1, str. 010105-1-010105-18. ISSN 2469-9896.

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.010105. [COBISS.SI-ID 54415363]


Multirhythmicity but no deterministic chaos in vibrating strings.

OSRAJNIK, Damjan, GRUBELNIK, Vladimir, REPNIK, Robert.  

Chaos, solitons and fractals. [Print ed.]. Sep. 2021, vol. 150, str. 1-5.

DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2021.111206.


Liquid crystal–based open surface microfluidics manipulate liquid mobility and chemical composition on demand.

Xu, Yang, Adil M. Rather, Yuxing Yao, Jen-Chun Fang, Rajdeep S. Mamtani, Robert KA Bennett, Richard G. Atta, Solomon Adera, Uroš Tkalec, and Xiaoguang Wang

Science Advances 7, no. 40 (2021)

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi7607


Discovery of a photonic band gap in achiral liquid crystals

D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič, M. Majewska, E. Crickshank, R. Walkerm J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, C. Wang, E. Gorecka, Photonic Bandgap in Achiral Liquid Crystals—A Twist on a Twist, Advanced Materials 33, 2103288 (2021).

DOI:  10.1002/adma.202103288


Modelling of a resonant X-ray response of a chiral cubic phase

T. Grabovac, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič, Modelling of a chiral X-ray response of a chiral cubic phase, Crystals 11, 214 (2021).

T. Grabovac, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič, Modelling of a chiral X-ray response of a chiral cubic phase, Crystals 11, 214 (2021).

DOI: 10.3390/cryst11020214