Research

RESEARCH

Ongoing research topics

Experimental topology of liquid crystals
Soft Matter Photonics
Self shaping of soft matter
Liquid Crystal Coloids
Optics and surface structure of micro- and nano-confined nematic liquid crystals
Laser tweezing of nematic colloids
Liquid Crystal microcavities and microlasers
Structural forces in complex liquids

Research interest in the past

Artificial nose
Phase transitions in ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals
Dynamics and phase transitions of liquid crystals in high magnetic fields
Light scattering and optical properties of chiral liquid crystal phases
Phase transitions and dynamics of free-standing smectic liquid crystalline films
Phase transitions in ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals
Dynamics and phase transitions of liquid crystals in high magnetic fields
Light scattering and optical properties of chiral liquid crystal phases
Low temperature STM microscopy and spectroscopy, manipulation of atoms and molecules on cold surfaces
High resolution optical ellipsometry
Development of LCD technology.
Development of technology for production of thermometers based on cholesteric LC's.
Research and development of matrix LCD displays for ISKRA KIBERNETIKA, Kranj. The matrix LCD's were developed for the world first digital and portable LCD oscilloscope, as well as the world first OTDR detector of malfunction of telecommunication optical cables.
Development of fast LCD shutters for eye protection during welding.
Development of fast optical shutters based on PLZT ceramics.
Development of high resolution optical ellipsometry
Development of LCD technology for ISKRA HIPOT, Šentjernej
Development of technology for production of thermometers based on cholesteric LC's
Research and development of matrix LCD displays for ISKRA KIBERNETIKA, Kranj. The matrix LCD's were developed for the world first digital and portable LCD oscilloscope, as well as the world first OTDR detector of malfunction of telecommunication optical cables
Development of fast LCD shutters for eye protection during welding
Development of ultrafast optical shutters based on PLZT ceramic

Main research topics

Development of LCD technology for ISKRA HIPOT, Šentjernej.
Transfer of LCD technology into mass production, HIPOT Šentjernej.
Development of technology for production of thermometers based on cholesteric LC's
Research and development of matrix LCD displays for ISKRA KIBERNETIKA, Kranj. The matrix LCD's were developed for the world first digital and portable LCD oscilloscope, as well as the world first OTDR detector of malfunction of telecomunication optical cables.
Development of fast LCD shutters for eye protection during welding.
Development of ultrafast optical shutters for pilot eye protection based on PLZT ceramics, Vojno Tehnični Institut, Beograd.

Phase transitions in ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals
Dynamics and phase transitions of liquid crystals in high magnetic fields
Light scattering and optical properties of chiral liquid crystal phases
Physics of surfaces and interfaces, AFM and STM microscopy
Structural forces in complex liquids
Development of methods for measuring forces between objects in complex liquids
Phase transitions and dynamics of free-standing smectic liquid crystalline films
Development of high resolution optical ellipsometry
Development of low temperature stm microscopy and spectroscopy
Manipulation of single atoms and molecules on cold surfaces
Optics and surface structure of micro- and nano-confined nematic liquid crystals
Structural forces and self-assembly of nematic coloids
Laser tweezing of nematic colloids
Optical microresonators in liquid crystals
Artificial nose based on functionalized microcantilevers