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JOŽEF STEFAN INSTITUTE
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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Ultra-broadband and high-dynamic-range THz time-domain spectroscopy system based on organic crystal emitter and detector in transmission and reflection geometry
Uroš Puc, Tobias Bach, Peter Günter, Marko Zgonik, Mojca Jazbinšek

Advanced photonics research, vol. 2, art. no. 2000098 (2021), DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202000098, COBISS.SI-ID: 52353283

Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes as protective monolayer coatings against the high-temperature corrosion of concentrating solar power absorber surfaces
Luka Noč, Matjaž Ličen, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Raghuraj S. Chouhan, Janez Kovač, Daniel Mandler, Ivan Jerman

Solar energy materials and solar cells, vol. 223 (2021), DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2021.110984, COBISS.SI-ID: 48793091

Proof-of-concept experiment of microfluidic flow sensor based on microcavity-secondary-flow observation
Nika Mlinarič, Natan Osterman

IEEE sensors journal, vol. 21, iss. 5 (2021), DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.3041792, COBISS.SI-ID: 47151875

Noninvasive monitoring of dynamical processes in bruised human skin using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and pulsed photothermal radiometry
Ana Marin, Nina Verdel, Matija Milanič, Boris Majaron

Sensors, vol. 21, no. 1 (2021), DOI: 10.3390/s21010302, COBISS.SI-ID: 45594371

Acrylate-based hybrid sol-gel coating for corrosion protection of AA7075-T6 in aircraft applications : the effect of copolymerization time
Peter Rodič, Romana Cerc Korošec, Barbara Kapun, Alenka Mertelj, Ingrid Milošev

Polymers, vol. 12, no. 4 (2020), DOI: 10.3390/polym12040948, COBISS.SI-ID: 33305639

Magnetically tunable liquid crystal-based optical diffraction gratings
Dejan Bošnjaković, Nerea Sebastián, Irena Drevenšek Olenik

Polymers, vol. 12, art. no. 2355 (2020), DOI: 10.3390/polym12102355, COBISS.SI-ID: 33286147

Q-tensor model of twist-bend and splay nematic phases
Martin Čopič, Alenka Mertelj

Physical review. E, vol. 101, no. 2 (2020), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.101.022704, COBISS.SI-ID: 33233191

Predictive model for quantitative analysis of human skin using photothermal radiometry and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy
Nina Verdel, Jovan Tanevski, Sašo Džeroski, Boris Majaron

Biomedical optics express, vol. 11, no. 3 (2020), DOI: 10.1364/BOE.384982, COBISS.SI-ID: 33232423

Ferroelectric-ferroelastic phase transition in a nematic liquid crystal
Nerea Sebastián, Luka Cmok, Richard J. Mandle, Maria Rosario de la Fuente, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Martin Čopič, Alenka Mertelj

Physical review letters, vol. 124, no. 3 (2020), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.037801, COBISS.SI-ID: 33088039

Growth of carbon nanofibres on molybdenum carbide nanowires and their self-decoration with noble-metal nanoparticles
Damjan Vengust, Mojca Vilfan, Aleš Mrzel

Royal Society open science, vol. 7, no. 9 (2020), DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200783, COBISS.SI-ID: 30830851

Scalable high refractive index polystyrene-sulfur nanocomposites via in situ inverse vulcanization
Vijay Wadi, Kishore K. Jena, Kevin Halique, Brigita Rožič, Luka Cmok, Vasileios Tzitzios, Saeed M. Alhassan

Scientific reports, vol. 10 (2020), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71227-z, COBISS.SI-ID: 28365827

Multifunctional and tunable trigate graphene metamaterial with "Lakes of Wada" topology
Yang Liu, Irena Drevenšek Olenik

Optics express, vol. 28, no. 17 (2020), DOI: 10.1364/OE.398346, COBISS.SI-ID: 24739075

Thermophoretic tweezers for single nanoparticle manipulation
Jošt Stergar, Natan Osterman

Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, vol. 11 (2020), DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.11.97, COBISS.SI-ID: 24112387

The influence of polydispersity on the structural properties of the isotropic phase of magnetic nanoplatelets
Margaret Rosenberg, Žiga Gregorin, Patricija Hribar Boštjančič, Nerea Sebastián, Darja Lisjak, Sofia S. Kantorovich, Alenka Mertelj, Pedro A. Sánchez

Journal of molecular liquids, vol. 312 (2020), DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113293, COBISS.SI-ID: 18148099

Formation of Fe(III)-phosphonate coatings on barium hexaferrite nanoplatelets for porous nanomagnets
Patricija Hribar Boštjančič, Alenka Mertelj, Andraž Mavrič, Matjaž Valant, Janez Kovač, Hermina Hudelja, Andraž Kocjan, Darko Makovec

ACS omega, vol. 5, no. 23 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01597, COBISS.SI-ID: 18142211

Emergence of self-organized multivortex states inflocks of active rollers
Koohee Han, Gašper Kokot, Oleh Tovkach, Andreas Glatz, Igor S. Aranson, Alexey Snezhko

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 117, no. 18 (2020), DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2000061117, COBISS.SI-ID: 17130755

Reconfigurable structure and tunable transport in synchronized active spinner materials
Koohee Han, Gašper Kokot, Shibananda Das, Roland G. Winkler, Gerhard Gompper, Alexey Snezhko

Science advances, vol. 6, no. 12 (2020), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz8535, COBISS.SI-ID: 17123331

Guided self-assembly and control of vortices in ensembles of active magnetic rollers
Gašper Kokot, Andrey Sokolov, Alexey Snezhko

Langmuir, vol. 36, no. 25 (2020), DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03023, COBISS.SI-ID: 17114883

Low threshold random lasing in dye-doped and strongly disordered chiral liquid crystals
Shaohua Gao, Jiayi Wang, Wenhua Li, Xuanyi Yu, Xinzheng Zhang, Xiao Song, Andrey Iljin, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Romano Anton Rupp, Jingjun Xu

Photonics research, vol. 8, no. 5 (2020), DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.388706, COBISS.SI-ID: 3418212

GC ends control topology of DNA G-quadruplexes and their cation-dependent assembly
Daša Pavc, Baifan Wang, Lea Spindler, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Janez Plavec, Primož Šket

Nucleic acids research, vol. 48, iss. 5 (2020), DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa058, COBISS.SI-ID: 3408740

Intercellular bridge mediates Ca[sup]2+ signals between micropatterned cells via IP[sub]3 and Ca[sup]2+ diffusion
Fulin Xing, Songyue Qu, Junfang Liu, Jianyu Yang, Fen Hu, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Leiting Pan, Jingjun Xu

Biophysical journal, vol. 118, iss. 5 (2020), DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.01.006, COBISS.SI-ID: 3406180

Effect of the isotope mass on the turbulent transport at the edge of L-mode plasmas in ASDEX Upgrade and JET-ILW
N. Bonanomi, Aleksander Drenik, Jernej Kovačič, Natan Osterman, Matjaž Panjan, Gregor Primc, Matic Resnik, Rok Zaplotnik, Stefan Costea

Nuclear fusion, vol. 59, no. 12 (2019), DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ab3ecc, COBISS.SI-ID: 91296515

Runaway electron experiments at COMPASS in support of the EUROfusion ITER physics research : [Special Issue Featuring the Invited Talks from the 45th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Prague, 2-6 July 2018]
H. Meyer, Aleksander Drenik, Jernej Kovačič, Natan Osterman, Matjaž Panjan, Gregor Primc, Matic Resnik, Rok Zaplotnik, Stefan Costea

Nuclear fusion, vol. 61, no. 10 (2019), DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/aae04a, COBISS.SI-ID: 91293699

Electrostatic interactions between barium hexaferrite nanoplateletsin alcohol suspensions
Patricija Hribar Boštjančič, Matija Tomšič, Andrej Jamnik, Darja Lisjak, Alenka Mertelj

The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces, vol. 123, no. 37 (2019), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07455, COBISS.SI-ID: 32638247