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Department of Complex Matter
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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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Neutron diffraction from superparamagnetic colloidal crystals
Matjaž Ličen, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Lucija Čoga, Sašo Gyergyek, Slavko Kralj

The Journal of physics and chemistry of solids, vol. 110 (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2017.05.002, COBISS.SI-ID: 3083364

Electrically tunable generation of vectorial vortex beams with micro-patterned liquid crystal structures
Zhichao Ji, Xinzheng Zhang, Yujiao Zhang, Zhenhua Wang, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Romano Anton Rupp, Wei Li, Qiang Wu, Jingjun Xu

Chinese optics letters, vol. 15, iss. 7 (2017), DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.070501, COBISS.SI-ID: 3080548

Molecular recognition of a lipophilic guanosine derivative in Langmuir films at the air-water interface
Lucija Čoga, Lea Spindler, Stefano Masiero, Irena Drevenšek Olenik

Biochimica et biophysica acta (G). General subjects, vol. 1861, iss. 5, part b (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.11.038, COBISS.SI-ID: 3041636

A novel strain energy relationship for red blood cell membrane skeleton based on spectrin stiffness and its application to micropipette deformation
Saša Svetina, Gašper Kokot, Tjaša Švelc, Boštjan Žekš, Richard E. Waugh

Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology, vol. 15, iss. 3 (2016), DOI: 10.1007/s10237-015-0721-x, COBISS.SI-ID: 32194777

Influence of the chain length on the nematic-to-isotropic phase transition for the odd members of a highly non-symmetric pyrene-based series of liquid crystal dimers : J. Salud ... [et al.]
Josep Salud, David Orencio López, Nerea Sebastián, Maria Rosario de la Fuente, Sergio Diez-Berart, M. B. Ros

Liquid crystals, vol. 43, no. 1 (2016), DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2015.1066890, COBISS.SI-ID: 30017319

Development of polar order in the liquid crystal phases of a 4-cyanoresorcinol-based bent-core mesogen with fluorinated azobenzene wings
Mohamed Alaasar, Marko Prehm, Tamba Maria-Gabriela, Nerea Sebastián, Alexey Eremin, Carsten Tschierske

ChemPhysChem, vol. 17, no. 2 (2016), DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201500891, COBISS.SI-ID: 30015271

Polar order and symmetry breaking at the boundary between bent-core and rodlike molecular forms : when 4-cyanoresorcinol meets the carbosilane end group
Eduard Westphal, Hugo Gallardo, Giovanni Finoto Caramori, Nerea Sebastián, Tamba Maria-Gabriela, Alexey Eremin, Susumu Kawauchi, Marko Prehm, Carsten Tschierske

Chemistry : A European Journal, vol. 22, no. 24 (2016), DOI: 10.1002/chem.201503901, COBISS.SI-ID: 30015015

Miscibility studies of two twist-bend nematic liquid crystal dimers with different average molecular curvatures. A comparison between experimental data and predictions of a Landau mean-field theory for the N([sub]-(TB))[sup]N phase transition
David Orencio López, Robles-Hernández Beatriz, Josep Salud, Fuente M. Rosario de la, Nerea Sebastián, Sergio Diez-Berart, X. Jaen, David A. Dunmur, Geoffrey R. Luckhurst

PCCP. Physical chemistry chemical physics : a journal of European Chemical Societies, vol. 18, no. 6 (2016), DOI: 10.1039/C5CP07605F, COBISS.SI-ID: 30010919

Molecular dynamics of a binary mixture of twist-bend nematic liquid crystal dimers studied by dielectric spectroscopy
Robles-Hernández Beatriz, Nerea Sebastián, Josep Salud, Sergio Diez-Berart, David A. Dunmur, Geoffrey R. Luckhurst, David Orencio López, Fuente M. Rosario de la

Physical review. E, vol. 93, no. 6 (2016), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.93.062705, COBISS.SI-ID: 30010663

Mesophase structure and behaviour in bulk and restricted geometry of a dimeric compound exhibiting a nematic-nematic transition
Nerea Sebastián

PCCP. Physical chemistry chemical physics : a journal of European Chemical Societies, vol. 18, no. 28 (2016), DOI: 10.1039/C6CP03899A, COBISS.SI-ID: 30010407

Molybdenum carbide nanowires : facile synthesis, a new hybrid phase and their use as transparent electrodes
Damjan Vengust, Jan Ravnik, Aleš Mrzel, Mojca Vilfan

RSC advances, vol. 6, no. 93 (2016), DOI: 10.1039/C6RA18650E, COBISS.SI-ID: 29785895

Dissolution mechanism of upconverting AYF[sub]4:Yb,Tm (A = Na or K) nanoparticles in aqueous media
Darja Lisjak, Olivija Plohl, Janja Vidmar, Boris Majaron, Maja Ponikvar-Svet

Langmuir, vol. 32, no. 32 (2016), DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02675, COBISS.SI-ID: 29679655

Dynamic assembly of magnetic colloidal vortices
Tomaž Mohorič, Gašper Kokot, Natan Osterman, Alexey Snezhko, Andrej Vilfan, Dušan Babič, Jure Dobnikar

Langmuir, vol. 32, no. 20 (2016), DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00722, COBISS.SI-ID: 29511463

Thiol click chemistry on gold-decorated MoS[sub]2 : elastomer composites and structural phase transitions
Peter Topolovšek, Luka Cmok, Christoph Gadermaier, Miloš Borovšak, Janez Kovač, Aleš Mrzel

Nanoscale, vol. 8, no. 19 (2016), DOI: 10.1039/c6nr01490a, COBISS.SI-ID: 29499687

Spontaneous liquid crystal and ferromagnetic ordering of colloidal magnetic nanoplate
M. Shuai, Alenka Mertelj, Darja Lisjak, Martin Čopič

Nature communications, vol. 7 (2016), DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10394, COBISS.SI-ID: 29253927

One-pass manufacturing of multimaterial colloidal particles using optical recognition-enhanced laser direct imaging lithography
Blaž Kavčič, Gašper Kokot, Igor Poberaj, Dušan Babič, Natan Osterman

Applied physics express, vol. 9 (2016), DOI: 10.7567/APEX.9.026501, COBISS.SI-ID: 29246247

Composition, structure and morphology of hybrid acrylate-based sol-gel coatings containing Si and Zr composed for protective applications
Peter Rodič, Alenka Mertelj, Miloš Borovšak, Andreja Benčan, Dragan Mihailović, Barbara Malič, Ingrid Milošev

Surface & coatings technology, vol. 286 (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.12.036, COBISS.SI-ID: 29132839

Adsorption of amino acids, aspartic acid, and lysine onto iron-oxide nanoparticles
Klementina Pušnik Črešnar, Mojca Peterlin, Irena Kralj Cigić, Gregor Marolt, Ksenija Kogej, Alenka Mertelj, Sašo Gyergyek, Darko Makovec

The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces, vol. 120, iss. 26 (2016), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03180, COBISS.SI-ID: 1537055939

Measured electrical charge of SiO[sub]2 in polar and nonpolar media
Gašper Kokot, M. I. Bespalova, Madhavi Krishnan

The Journal of chemical physics, vol. 145, iss. 19 (2016), DOI: 10.1063/1.4967401, COBISS.SI-ID: 3325540

Correlation between structural properties and iridescent colors of cellulose nanocrystalline films
Matjaž Ličen, Boris Majaron, JungHyun Noh, C. Schütz, Lennart Bergström, Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Irena Drevenšek Olenik

Cellulose, vol. 23, iss. 6 (2016), DOI: 10.1007/s10570-016-1066-z, COBISS.SI-ID: 2992228

Surface-adsorbed long G-quadruplex nanowires formed by G:C linkages
Tinkara Troha, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Mateus Webba da Silva, Lea Spindler

Langmuir, vol. 32, iss. 28 (2016), DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01222, COBISS.SI-ID: 2971236

Fabrication and structural properties of AlN submicron periodic lateral polar structures and waveguides for UV-C applications
Dorian Alden, Tinkara Troha, Marko Zgonik

Applied physics letters, vol. 108, no. 26 (2016), DOI: 10.1063/1.4955033, COBISS.SI-ID: 2970724

High-fidelity spherical cholesteric liquid crystal Bragg reflectors generating unclonable patterns for secure authentication
Yong Geng, JungHyun Noh, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Romano Anton Rupp, Gabriele Lenzini, Jan P. F. Lagerwall

Scientific reports, vol. 6, art. no. 26840 (2016), DOI: 10.1038/srep26840, COBISS.SI-ID: 2959460

UV second harmonic generation in AlN waveguides with modal phase matching
Tinkara Troha, Martin Rigler, Zlatko Sitar, Marko Zgonik

Optical materials express, vol. 6, iss. 6 (2016), DOI: 10.1364/OME.6.002014, COBISS.SI-ID: 2958948