P1-0099 — Final report
1.
Optic and electric field manipulation of nematic colloids

Our work on laser tweezer manipulation of colloids and self-organization of twodimensional colloidal crystals has been presented at a major international conference on liquid crystals, and was accepted for publication in the journal Science journal at that point.

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 1930340
2.
Optical trap for low refractive index colloidal particles in nematics

In an invited lecture at a major international conference on optics we have presented the use of optical traps when colloidal superstructures in the nematic phase are formed.

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 20499239
3.
Modelling of constrained nematic order: from defects to colloidal structures

Following organizer invitation, our modeling approaches that have lead to a breakthrough in the field of colloidal self-organization into nematic superstructures, were presented in a plenary lecture during a major international conference on liquid crystals.

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 1929828
4.
Nematic braids

Theoretical approaches to nematic defect-entangled colloidal structures have been presented at the prestigious Gordon research conference on liquid crystals.

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 2008932
5.
Wide-angle optical shutter

Balder Ltd, a spin-off company from the Jozef Stefan institute (JSI), with its activity based on liquid crystal research, has over the last four years grown into an important producer of active LC protective welding goggles (10% of global production in 2007) and other optical filters. Together with JSI, the company has developed a conceptually new optical shutter, as well as the angular compensation technology for LC protective filters (4 EU and US international patents awarded).

F.32 International patent

COBISS.SI-ID: 19574567