Members
Ivan I. SMALYUKHDirector of the WPI-SKCM² Satellite,
Principal Investigator
Topological Solitons, Knotted Matter, Predesigned Building Blocks of Matter
Affiliations
Department of Physics and Renewable Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado at Boulder, Professor
iisinboulder_at_gmail.com
Bio
Ivan Smalyukh’s research spans from liquid crystals, to magnets, colloids, metamaterials, bacterial biofilms, knot topology, chirality, photonics, renewable energy, and new characterization techniques. He experimentally discovered liquid crystal hopfions and helikonotons and new condensed matter phases like monoclinic nematics and biaxial colloidal ferromagnets. Smalyukh developed materials for unusual thermoelectrics and waste heat recovery and transparent aerogels to boost efficiency of building envelopes.
University of Colorado Boulder Profile
Research website
Related links
Scientists Create Stable, Switchable Vortex Knots Inside Liquid Crystals
Physicists have created a new ‘time crystal’—it won’t power a time machine but could have many other uses
Hiroshima University’s WPI-SKCM² director named AAAS Fellow
Publication Announcement: Liquid crystal torons in Poiseuille-like flows
University of Colorado Boulder Profile
Research website
Related links
Scientists Create Stable, Switchable Vortex Knots Inside Liquid Crystals
Physicists have created a new ‘time crystal’—it won’t power a time machine but could have many other uses
Hiroshima University’s WPI-SKCM² director named AAAS Fellow
Publication Announcement: Liquid crystal torons in Poiseuille-like flows