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Meta matter design through recreation of fundamental scale-invariant phenomena in experimentally accessible systems

Recent Publications & Achievements

  1. Zhao, H., Malomed, B. A., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2023). Topological solitonic macromolecules. Nature Communications, 14(1), 4581. Link to text
  2. Meng, C., Wu, J.-S., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2023). Topological steering of light by nematic vortices and analogy to cosmic strings. Nature Materials, 22(1), 64–72. Link to text
  3. Zhao, H., Tai, J.-S. B., Wu, J.-S., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2023). Liquid crystal defect structures with Möbius strip topology. Nature Physics, 19(3), 451–459. Link to text
  4. Coelho, R. C. V., Zhao, H., Tasinkevych, M., Smalyukh, I. I., & da Gama, M. M. T. (2023). Sculpting liquid crystal skyrmions with external flows. Physical Review Research, 5(3), 033210. Link to text
  5. Benkowska‑Biernacka, D., Smalyukh, I. I., & Matczyszyn, K. (2023). Phase behaviour of phospholipid-based myelin figures in a wide range of pH. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 391, 123365. Link to text
  6. Tasinkevych, M., Mundoor, H., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2023). Nanoparticle localization within chiral liquid crystal defect lines and nanoparticle interactions. Physical Review E, 107, 034701. Link to text
  7. Meng, C., Wu, J.-S., Kos, Ž., Dunkel, J., Nisoli, C., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2025). Emergent dimer‑model topological order and quasiparticle excitations in liquid crystals: Combinatorial vortex lattices. Physical Review X, 15(2), 021084. Link to text
  8. Wu, J.-S., Abril Valenzuela, R., Bowick, M. J., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2025). Topological rigidity and non‑Abelian defect junctions in chiral nematic systems with effective biaxial symmetry. Physical Review X, 15(2), 021036. Link to text
  9. Lee, J.-Y., Kumari, A., Yuan, Y., Tasinkevych, M., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2025). Hybridization of colloidal handlebodies with singular defects and topological solitons in chiral liquid crystals. Soft Matter, 21(22), 4323–4335. Link to text
  10. Wu, J.-S., Lázaro, M. T., Mundoor, H., Wensink, H. H., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2024). Emergent biaxiality in chiral hybrid liquid crystals. Nature Communications, 15, 9941. Link to text
  11. Tai, J.-S. B., Hess, A. J., Wu, J.-S., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2024). Field‑controlled dynamics of skyrmions and monopoles. Science Advances, 10(4), eadj9373. Link to text
  12. Senyuk, B., Wu, J.-S., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2024). Out‑of‑equilibrium interactions and collective locomotion of colloidal spheres with squirming of nematoelastic multipoles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(18), e2322710121. Link to text
  13. Yuan, Y., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2024). Chiral, topological, and knotted colloids in liquid crystals. Crystals, 14(10), 885. Link to text
  14. Repula, A., Gates, C., Cameron, J. C., & Smalyukh, I. I. (2024). Photosynthetically‑powered phototactic active nematic fluids and gels. Communications Materials, 5(1), 37. Link to text

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