Ivan Smalyukh
Article by Paul Ackerman and Ivan I. Smalyukh "Static three-dimensional topological solitons in fluid chiral ferromagnets and colloids" was featured on the cover of Nature Materials.
Article by Ackerman and Smalyukh "Diversity of Knot Solitons in Liquid Crystals Manifested by Linking of Preimages in Torons and Hopfions" in Physical Review X was featured in Physics
Article by Park and Smalyukh "Colloidal surfaces with boundaries, apex boojums, and nested elastic self-assembly of nematic colloids" in Physical Review Letter was featured in Physics and was selected to be a PRL Editors' Suggestion.
Ivan Smalyukh was selected for the Paris Sciences Chair.
Article by Varney et al. "Self-assembly of colloidal particles in deformation landscapes of electrically driven layer undulations in cholesteric liquid crystals" in Physical Review E was selected to be a PRE Editors' Suggestion.
Ivan Smalyukh was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for seminal contributions to the physics of liquid crystal colloids, topological solitons, and related soft matter systems.
The researchers team, led by CU Professors Ivan Smalyukh and Ronggui Yang, will use liquid crystals to create a transparent, solid film that is insulating, soundproof and water condensation-proof. The team includes graduate students and postdoctoral
Article by Senyuk et al. "Colloidal spirals in nematic liquid crystals" was featured on the cover of Soft Matter.
Ivan Smalyukh receives the GSOFT Award for Soft Matter Research
Ivan Smalyukh receives the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award in recognition of his accomplishments in research and teaching.