HIGHLIGHT
On April 1, 2019, Igor Muševič was awarded the prestigious ERC Advanced grant Light-operated logic circuits from photonic soft-matter (LOGOS). The project has been highlighted by the ERC as an example of a distinguished ERC project. LOGOS aims to establish a revolutionary photonic technology based on soft matter. The project began on January 1, 2021. Read more about the LOGOS project. | Our research is focused on self-assembly, topology and photonic properties of liquid crystal colloids and liquid crystal dispersions. We use a variety of optical methods to study the structure and phase transitions in these systems. We use optical tweezers to manipulate colloidal particles and study structural forces in liquid crystal colloids. We fabricate complex shaped colloidal particles by 2-photon polymerisation and we study the topology and phase properties of their LC dispersions. In another line of studies we explore photonic properties of micro-droplets of liquid crystals, growth of LC fibres and their photonic properties. Recently, we focused our attention to skyrmions in Blue Phase liquid crystals. |
AWARDS
1981 | National "Boris Kidrič prize" for patents and technical innovation | |||
1986 | National "Boris Kidrič prize" for patents and technical innovation | |||
1993 | National Prize of the Republic of Slovenia for patents and technical innovation | |||
1994 | Glenn Brown award for the best PhD Thesis in the field of liquid crystals. Awarded by the International Liquid Crystal Society | |||
2002 | Zlata plaketa-Golden tablet", awarded by the University of Ljubljana | |||
2004 | National award “Zois Award for outstanding scientific achievements” | |||
2008 | Samsung Mid-Career Award for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of liquid crystals, awarded by International Liquid Crystal Society | |||
2009 | National award “Zois Award for outstanding scientific achievements” | |||
2011 | "Mentor of the year 2011", awarded by the Society of Young Researchers of Slovenia | |||
2012 | "Luckhurst-Samulski Prize 2011" for the best paper in Liquid Crystals, awarded by Francis & Taylor Group | |||
2018 | Award of Japanese Liquid Crystal Society for the best paper published on liquid crystals | |||