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Department of Complex Matter
Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Dynamics of Quantum matter

We explore non-equilibrium many-body dynamics in quantum systems that experience symmetry-breaking, topological, or jamming transitions. These systems encompass superconductors, charge-density wave, and magnetic materials.

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The research is conducted within the “Light and Matter” research program. The interaction of light with matter is one of the most important fields of physics and optical processes are indispensable in many branches of modern industry.

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Discovery of spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in ferromagnetic ferrofluids

Discovery of spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in ferromagnetic ferrofluids

December 27, 2023
The paper “Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and lane formation in ferromagnetic ferrofluids" was recently published in the journal Small authored by the researchers from the Department of Complex Matter Mojca ...
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Could thermal gradients drive molecular evolution?
Christof B. Mast, Natan Osterman, Dieter Braun

Current organic chemistry, vol. 17, no. 16 (2013)

Optical properties of light-sensitive liquid-crystal elastomers in the vicinity of the nematic-paranematic phase transition
Marko Gregorc, Hui Li, Valentina Domenici, Gabriela Ambrožič, Martin Čopič, Irena Drevenšek Olenik

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, vol. 87, iss. 2 (2013)

Characterization of laser tattoo removal treatment using pulsed photothermal radiometry
Matija Milanič, Boris Majaron

LAHA : journal of the Laser and Health Academy, vol. 2013, no. 1 (2013)

Cell-cell communication induces random spikes of spontaneous calcium oscillations in multi-BV-2 microglial cells
Xian Wu, Leiting Pan, Ying Liu, Pengchong Jiang, Imshik Lee, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu

Biochemical and biophysical research communications, vol. 431, iss. 4 (2013)

Refractive index of III-metal-polar and N-polar AlGaN waveguides grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition
Martin Rigler, Marko Zgonik, Marc P. Hoffmann, Ronny Kirste, Milena Bobea, R. Collazo, Zlatko Sitar, Seiji Mita, Michael Gerhold

Applied physics letters, vol. 102, iss. 22 (2013)

Design of a single-chain polypeptide tetrahedron assembled from coiled-coil segments
Helena Gradišar, Sabina Božič Abram, Tibor Doles, Damjan Vengust, Iva Hafner Bratkovič, Alenka Mertelj, Ben Webb, Andrej Šali, Sandi Klavžar, Roman Jerala

Nature chemical biology, vol. 9, issue 6 (2013), DOI: 10.1038/nCHeMBIO.1248, COBISS.SI-ID: 5222682

Microstructured polymer-based substrates with broadband absorption for surface-enhanced Raman scattering
Ming Yang, Qiang Wu, Jiwei Qi, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Zhandong Chen, Yusong Pan, Jingjun Xu

Journal of Raman spectroscopy, vol. 44, iss. 12 (2013), DOI: 10.1002/jrs.4403, COBISS.SI-ID: 2617444

Formation of G-wires : the role of G:C-base pairing and G-quartet stacking
Tina Ilc, Primož Šket, Janez Plavec, Mateus Webba da Silva, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Lea Spindler

The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces, vol. 117, iss. 44 (2013), DOI: 10.1021/jp4019348, COBISS.SI-ID: 2606436

Nematic phase of achiral dimers spontaneously bends and twists
Martin Čopič

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 110, no. 40 (2013), DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1315740110, COBISS.SI-ID: 2604132

Photodynamics of stress in clamped nematic elastomers
Miloš Knežević, Mark Warner, Martin Čopič, Antoni Sánchez-Ferrer

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, vol. 87, iss. 6 (2013), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.062503, COBISS.SI-ID: 2603876

Light-induced refractive index modulation in photoactive liquid-crystalline elastomers
Blaž Tašič Muc, Wei Li, Antoni Sánchez-Ferrer, Martin Čopič, Irena Drevenšek Olenik

Macromolecular chemistry and physics, vol. 214, iss. 23 (2013), DOI: 10.1002/macp.201300493, COBISS.SI-ID: 2603620

Disentangling molecular motions involved in the glass transition of a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal through dielectric studies
David Orencio López, Nerea Sebastián, Maria Rosario de la Fuente, Julio Cesar Martinez-Garcia, Josep Salud, Miguel Ángel Pérez-Jubindo, Sergio Diez-Berart, David A. Dunmur, Geoffrey R. Luckhurst

The Journal of chemical physics, vol. 137, no. 3 (2012), DOI: 10.1063/1.4733561, COBISS.SI-ID: 30033191

The dynamics of melittin-induced membrane permeability
Gašper Kokot, Mojca Mally, Saša Svetina

European biophysics journal, vol. 41, no. 5 (2012), DOI: 10.1007/s00249-012-0800-1, COBISS.SI-ID: 29690585

Composites of poly([epsilon]-caprolactone) and Mo[sub]6S[sub]3I[sub]6 nanowires
Seow Jecg Chin, Peter Hornsby, Damjan Vengust, Dragan Mihailović, J. Mitra, Paul Dawson, Tony McNally

Polymers for advanced technologies, vol. 23, no. 2 (2012), DOI: 10.1002/pat.1838, COBISS.SI-ID: 29020711

Low pressure, low temperature synthesis of Mo[sub]6S[sub]3I[sub]6 molecular wires suitable for upscaling
Marina Davydovna, Andrej Kovič, Peter Topolovšek, Dragan Mihailović

Synthetic metals, vol. 162, no. 17/18 (2012), DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2012.07.010, COBISS.SI-ID: 26366503

A novel facile synthesis and characterization of molybdenum nanowires
Andrej Kovič, Andrej Žnidaršič, Adolf Jesih, Aleš Mrzel, Miran Gaberšček, Abdou Hassanien

Nanoscale research letters, vol. 7 (2012), DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-567, COBISS.SI-ID: 26364455

Dynamics of Salmonella infection of macrophages at the single cell level
Julia R. Gog, Natan Osterman

Journal of the Royal Society interface, vol. 9, no. 75 (2012), DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0163, COBISS.SI-ID: 26096935

Doping dependence of femtosecond quasiparticle relaxation dynamics in Ba(Fe,Co)[sub]2As[sub]2 single crystals : evidence for normal-state nematic fluctuations
Ljupka Stojchevska, Tomaž Mertelj, Ian R. Fisher, Dragan Mihailović

Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, vol. 86, no. 2 (2012), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.024519, COBISS.SI-ID: 25970215

Hopping magnetotransport via nonzero orbital momentum states and organic magnetoresistance
Alexandre Sasha Alexandrov, Valentin A. Dediu, Viktor V. Kabanov

Physical review letters, vol. 108, no. 18 (2012), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.186601, COBISS.SI-ID: 25766439

Kinetics of holographic recording and spontaneous erasure processes in light-sensitive liquid crystal elastomers
Marko Gregorc, Hui Li, Valentina Domenici, Gabriela Ambrožič, Martin Čopič, Irena Drevenšek Olenik

Materials, vol. 5, no. 5 (2012), DOI: 10.3390/ma5050741, COBISS.SI-ID: 25765927

Analysis of fluid flow around a beating artificial cilium
Mojca Vilfan, Gašper Kokot, Andrej Vilfan, Natan Osterman, Blaž Kavčič, Igor Poberaj, Dušan Babič

Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, vol. 3 (2012), DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.3.16, COBISS.SI-ID: 25645095

Critical behavior of director fluctuations in suspensions of ferroelectric nanoparticles in liquid crystals at the nematic to smectic-A phase transition
Alenka Mertelj, Luka Cmok, Martin Čopič, Gary Cook, Dean R. Evans

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, vol. 85, no. 2 (2012), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.021705, COBISS.SI-ID: 25620263

Photocoagulation of dermal blood vessels with multiple laser pulses in an in vivo microvascular model
Wangcun Jia, Nadia Tran, Victor Sun, Marko Marinček, Boris Majaron, Bernard Choi, J. Stuart Nelson

Lasers in surgery and medicine, vol. 44, no. 2 (2012), DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22000, COBISS.SI-ID: 25602343

Effects of plasma treatment on water sorption in viscose fibres = Učinki plazemske obdelave na sorpcijo vode v viskoznih vlaknih
Miha Devetak, Nejc Skoporc, Martin Rigler, Zdenka Peršin Fratnik, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Martin Čopič, Karin Stana-Kleinschek

Materiali in tehnologije = Materials and technology, letn. 46, št. 1 (2012)