Light-operated logic circuits from photonic soft-matter

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Inverse design of broadband soft matter optical filters

Author(s): Žiga Černe, Peter Ropač, Miha Ravnik
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 34, 2026, Page(s) 16416, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.586048

Light-Powered Liquid Crystal Polymer Network Actuator Using TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanoparticles as an Inorganic Ultraviolet-Light Absorber

Author(s): Zhila Alipanah; Mohammad Sadegh Zakerhamidi; Hossein Movla; Batool Azizi; Igor Muševič; Amid Ranjkesh
Published in: ACS Omega 2023, Issue Volume 8, Number 11, 2023, Page(s) 10555--10564, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c00417

Ultrathin, transparent, thermally-insulated, and energy-efficient flexible window using coatable chiral-nematic liquid crystal polymer

Author(s): Ranjkesh, T.H. Yoon
Published in: Journal of molecular liquids, Issue Volume 339, 2021, ISSN 0167-7322
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116804

Controllable shifting, steering, and expanding of light beam based on multi-layer liquid-crystal cells

Author(s): U. Mur, M. Ravnik and David Seč
Published in: scientific reports, Issue Volume 12, Number 1, 2022, Page(s) 352, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04164-0

Long-term stability predictions of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in solution using Arrhenius-based kinetics

Author(s): D. Kuzman, M. Bunc, M. Ravnik, F. Reiter, L. Zagar and M. Bončina
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11, Article number: 20534, 2021, Page(s) 20534, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-99875-9

Flexible, broadband, super-reflective infrared reflector based on cholesteric liquid crystal polymer

Author(s): A. Ranjkesh, Y. Choi, J.W. Huh, S. Seung-Won, T. Hwang
Published in: Solar energy materials and solar cells, Issue Volume 230, 2021, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111137

Photonic Eigenmodes of 2D Cylindrical Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Resonators

Author(s): Urban Mur, Jaka Zaplotnik, Martin Horvat, Igor Muševič, Miha Ravnik
Published in: ACS Photonics, Issue 12, 2025, Page(s) 5572-5585, ISSN 2330-4022
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01294

The effect of polymerizable monomers on the thickness and the growth rate of self-assembled smectic fibers

Author(s): Daichi Sato, Yutaka Sumino, Takahiro Yamamoto, Igor Muševič, Yoshiko Takenaka
Published in: Chemistry Letters, Issue 53, 2024, ISSN 0366-7022
Publisher: Chemical Society of Japan/Nippon Kagakukai
DOI: 10.1093/chemle/upad025

Highly dispersive liquid crystal diffraction gratings with continuously varying periodicity

Author(s): I. Nys, P. Ropac, B. Berteloot, M. Ravnik, K. Neyts
Published in: Journal of Molecular Liquids, Issue Volume 383, 2023, ISSN 0167-7322
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.122062

Nematronics: Reciprocal Coupling between Ionic Currents and Nematic Dynamics

Author(s): C. Dao, J.C. Everts, M. Ravnik, and Y. Tserkovnyak
Published in: Phys. Rev. Lett., Issue Volume 130, Number 16, 2023, Page(s) 168102, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.168102

Whispering gallery mode study of phase transition and shape change in liquid crystal droplets

Author(s): Arkalekha Neogi, Jaka Zaplotnik, Miha Ravnik, Igor Muševič
Published in: Soft Matter, Issue 22, 2026, Page(s) 604-615, ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d5sm01126d

Continuous generation of topological defects in a passively driven nematic liquid crystal

Author(s): Maruša Mur; Žiga Kos; Miha Ravnik; Igor Muševič
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue Volume 13, Number 1, 2022, Page(s) 6855, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34384-5

Topics in the mathematical design of materials

Author(s): Xian Chen, Irene Fonseca, MihaRavnik, Valeriy Slastikov, Claudio Zannoni, ArghirZarnescu
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Issue 37, 2021, Page(s) 20200108, ISSN 1364-503X
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0108

Introduction to Colloidal and Microfluidic Nematic Microstructures

Author(s): Simon Čopar, Miha Ravnik, Slobodan Žumer
Published in: Crystals, Issue Volume 11, Number 8, 2021, Page(s) 956, ISSN 2073-4352
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/cryst11080956

Prediction of aggregation in monoclonal antibodies from molecular surface curvature

Author(s): Benjamin Knez, Lara Erzin, Žiga Kos, Drago Kuzman, Miha Ravnik
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-13527-w

Photonic defect modes in cholesteric liquid crystal resonators with embedded isotropic layers

Author(s): Jaka Zaplotnik, Urban Mur, Igor Muševič, Miha Ravnik
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 32, 2024, Page(s) 34564, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.535293

Light control of lasing from liquid-crystal micro-droplet light switch

Author(s): Vandna Sharma, Jaka Zaplotnik, Maruša Mur, Jaka Pišljar, Uroš Jagodič, Andreja Jelen, Miha Škarabot, Urban Mur, Miha Ravnik, Igor Muševič
Published in: Advanced Photonics, Issue 8, 2026, Page(s) 026009, ISSN 2577-5421
Publisher: SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
DOI: 10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026009

Chirality, anisotropic viscosity and elastic anisotropy in three-dimensional active nematic turbulence

Author(s): Nika Kralj, Miha Ravnik, Žiga Kos
Published in: Communications Physics, Issue 7, 2024, ISSN 2399-3650
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s42005-024-01720-8

Microscale generation and control of nanosecond light by light in a liquid crystal

Author(s): Mahendran Vellaichamy, Uroš Jagodič, Jaka Pišljar, Jaka Zaplotnik, Urban Mur, Andreja Jelen, Andriy Nych, Deepshika Malkar, Anna V. Ryzhkova, Miha Škarabot, Miha Ravnik, Igor Muševič
Published in: Nature Photonics, Issue 19, 2025, Page(s) 758-766, ISSN 1749-4885
Publisher: Nature Pub. Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01693-2

Self-shaping liquid crystal droplets by balancing bulk elasticity and interfacial tension

Author(s): K. Peddireddy, S. Čopar, K. V. Le, I. Muševič, Ch. Bahr, and V. S. R. Jampani
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Issue No.14, vol. 118, 2021, Page(s) e2011174118-1-e2011174118-7, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011174118

Photopatterned Anchoring Stabilizing Monodomain Blue Phases

Author(s): Sunqian Liu, Matevž Marinčič, Inge Nys, Miha Ravnik, Kristiaan Neyts
Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 68579-68589, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c14574

Topological liquid crystal superstructures as structured light lasers

Author(s): M. Papič, U. Mur, K. P. Zuhail, M. Ravnik, I. Muševič, and M. Humar
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Issue No.49, vol. 118, 2021, Page(s) e2110839118-1-e2110839118-7, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2110839118

Effects of polarized light on the optical and self-oscillation behaviors of liquid crystal network polymers

Author(s): Rana Zibaei; Mohammad Sadegh Zakerhamidi; Sirous Korram; Amid Ranjkesh
Published in: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Issue Issue 41, 2021, ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d1tc03870b

Propulsion of laser printed polymer micro-rods by a low frequency electric field in nematic liquid crystals

Author(s): Linsy Jane Selvin Robert, Ashish Chandra Das, Vida Jurečič, Vid Bobnar, Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Miha Ravnik, Igor Muševič
Published in: Soft Matter, Issue 22, 2026, Page(s) 2107-2121, ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d5sm01104c

Defect Line Coarsening and Refinement in Active Nematics

Author(s): N. Kralj, M. Ravnik, and Z. Kos
Published in: Phys. Rev. Lett., Issue Volume 130, Number 12, 2023, Page(s) 128101, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.128101

Surface alignment of nematic liquid crystals by direct laser writing of photopolymer alignment layers

Author(s): Uroš Jagodič, Mahendran Vellaichamy, Miha Skarabot and Igor Muševič
Published in: Liquid Crystals, 2023, ISSN 0267-8292
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2023.2242297

Off-axis reflective phase-only holograms with chiral liquid crystal

Author(s): Miglė Stebrytė, Eleonora Raffin, Luka Vlieghe, Peter Ropač, Miha Ravnik, Inge Nys, Kristiaan Neyts, Jeroen Beeckman
Published in: Optical Materials Express, Issue 16, 2026, Page(s) 455, ISSN 2159-3930
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/ome.584778

Three-Dimensional Planar Alignment of Nematic Liquid Crystal by Direct Laser Writing of Nanogratings

Author(s): Uroš Jagodič, Jaka Pišljar, Andreja Jelen, Miha Škarabot, Igor Muševič
Published in: ACS Photonics, Issue 12, 2025, Page(s) 5970-5977, ISSN 2330-4022
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01342

Photonic eigenmodes and transmittance of finite-length 1D cholesteric liquid crystal resonators

Author(s): Jaka Zaplotnik; Urban Mur; Deepshika Malkar; Amid Ranjkesh; Igor Muševič; Miha Ravnik
Published in: Sci Rep, Issue Volume 13, Number 1, 2023, Page(s) 16868, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43912-2

Neural networks determination of material elastic constants and structures in nematic complex fluids

Author(s): Jaka Zaplotnik; Jaka Pišljar; Miha Škarabot; Miha Ravnik
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue Volume 13, Number 1, 2023, Page(s) 6028, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33134-x

Numerical modeling of optical modes in topological soft matter

Author(s): Urban Mur; Miha Ravnik
Published in: Optics Express, Issue Vol. 30, Issue 9, 2022, Page(s) 14393--14407, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.454980

Optomechanical separation of transverse spin and orbital energy flows in liquid crystals

Author(s): Urban Mur, Miha Čančula, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Miha Ravnik, Slobodan Žumer, Etienne Brasselet
Published in: Physical Review Research, Issue 8, 2026, ISSN 2643-1564
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/59st-f1mb

Pixelated Photonic Crystals

Author(s): Urban Mur; Miha Ravnik
Published in: Advanced Photonics Research, Issue 2, 2023, ISSN 2699-9293
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202300082

Active rejection-enhancement of spectrally adaptive liquid crystal geometric phase vortex coronagraph

Author(s): N. Kravets, U. Mur, M. Ravnik, S. Zumer and E. Brasselet
Published in: Appl. Phys. Lett., Issue Volume 121, Issue 24, 2022, Page(s) 241104, ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0130078

Nematic liquid crystal flow driven by time-varying active surface anchoring

Author(s): Seyed Reza Seyednejad, Miha Ravnik
Published in: Soft Matter, Issue 21, 2026, Page(s) 835-843, ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00924j

Three-dimensional spontaneous flow transition in a homeotropic active nematic

Author(s): Vincenzo J. Pratley, Enej Caf, Miha Ravnik, Gareth P. Alexander
Published in: Communications physics, Issue Vol. 7, 2024, Page(s) Article number 127, ISSN 2399-3650
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s42005-024-01611-y

Morphological changes in smectic liquid crystal microstructures

Author(s): Daichi Sato, Yutaka Sumino, Takahiro Yamamoto, Igor Muševič, Yoshiko Takenaka
Published in: Soft Matter, Issue 22, 2026, Page(s) 3569-3578, ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00042h

Liquid Crystal 3D Optical Waveguides Based on Photoalignment

Author(s): Peter Ropač, Yu‐Tung Hsiao, Brecht Berteloot, Yera Ussembayev, Inge Nys, Miha Ravnik, Kristiaan Neyts
Published in: Advanced Optical Materials, Issue 13, 2026, ISSN 2195-1071
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202402174

Physics-based surface patch analysis for prediction of hydrophobic contribution to viscosity of mAbs

Author(s): Benjamin Knez, Miha Ravnik, Mitja Zidar
Published in: mAbs, Issue 18, 2026, ISSN 1942-0870
Publisher: Landes Bioscience
DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2026.2614767

Material‐Constrained Optimization of Liquid Crystal‐Based Holograms

Author(s): Peter Ropač, Yu‐Tung Hsiao, Brecht Berteloot, Miha Ravnik, Jeroen Beeckman
Published in: Advanced Optical Materials, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2195-1071
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202400972

Slow light by dual-periodic self-similar dielectric multilayered films

Author(s): Peter Ropač; Urban Mur; Miha Ravnik
Published in: Optics Express, Issue Vol. 31, No. 14, 2023, Page(s) 22385--22395, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/OE.493703

Focused beam propagation in cholesteric liquid crystals

Author(s): Andrej Petelin, Igor Muševič
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 33, 2025, Page(s) 32955, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.565420

Optical gain and photo-bleaching of organic dyes, quantum dots, perovskite nanoplatelets and nanodiamonds

Author(s): Mahendran Vellaichamy; Miha Škarabot; Igor Muševič
Published in: Liquid Crystals, Issue Vol.50, 2022, Page(s) 1-22, ISSN 1366-5855
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2023.2188614

Optical gain and photostability of different laser dyes, quantum dots and quantum rods for liquid crystal micro lasers

Author(s): Mahendran Vellaichamy; Igor Muševič
Published in: Proc. SPIE 12023, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XVII,, Issue Vol. 12023, 2022, Page(s) 78--90, ISSN 1996-756X
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2616092

Direct laser-written waveguides for integrated liquid crystal micro-photonics

Author(s): Igor Muševic, Mahendran Vellaichamy, Uros Jagodic, Jaka Pisljar, Andreja Jelen, Andriy Nych, Miha Skarabot, Jaka Zaplotnik, Miha Ravnik
Published in: Liquid Crystals Optics and Photonic Devices, 2024, Page(s) 38
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.3022285

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