Ivan I. SMALYUKHDirector,
WPI-SKCM² Satellite
Professor,
University of Colorado at Boulder
Specially Appointed Professor,
Hiroshima University

Department of Physics and Renewable Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado at Boulder, Professor
Director of the WPI-SKCM² Satellite
Specially Appointed Professor of Hiroshima University

iisinboulder_at_gmail.com

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.


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