2017 Nature Materials cover
2017 Nature Materials cover article

March 30, 2017

Article by Paul Ackerman and Ivan I. Smalyukh "Static three-dimensional topological solitons in fluid chiral ferromagnets and colloids" was featured on the cover of Nature Materials.

Ackerman PRX 2017
2017 PRX article was featured in Physics

Feb. 8, 2017

Article by Ackerman and Smalyukh "Diversity of Knot Solitons in Liquid Crystals Manifested by Linking of Preimages in Torons and Hopfions" in Physical Review X was featured in Physics

PRL Editor Suggestion, 2016
2016 PRL Editors' Suggestion article

Dec. 29, 2016

Article by Park and Smalyukh "Colloidal surfaces with boundaries, apex boojums, and nested elastic self-assembly of nematic colloids" in Physical Review Letter was featured in Physics and was selected to be a PRL Editors' Suggestion .

Ivan Smalyukh Paris Sciences Chair
Ivan Smalyukh was selected for the Paris Sciences Chair

Dec. 10, 2016

Ivan Smalyukh was selected for the Paris Sciences Chair.

Andrew Hess
Andrew Hess passed Comps III

Nov. 9, 2016

Andrew Hess passed his Comps III examination. Congratulations!

PRE Editor Suggestion, 2016
2016 PRE Editors' Suggestion article

Oct. 30, 2016

Article by Varney et al. "Self-assembly of colloidal particles in deformation landscapes of electrically driven layer undulations in cholesteric liquid crystals" in Physical Review E was selected to be a PRE Editors' Suggestion .

Rache Ward passes Comps II
Rachel Ward passed Comps II

Oct. 21, 2016

Rachel Ward passed the Comps II examination. Congratulations!

Ye Yuan
Ye Yuan passed Comps III

Oct. 11, 2016

Ye Yuan passed his Comps III examination. Congratulations!

Ivan Smalyukh
Ivan Smalyukh was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society

Oct. 5, 2016

Ivan Smalyukh was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for seminal contributions to the physics of liquid crystal colloids, topological solitons, and related soft matter systems.

Angel Martinez Glenn Brown Prize
Angel Martinez earned the Glenn H. Brown Prize

Aug. 5, 2016

Angel Martinez (graduated from our group in Fall 2014) earned the prestigious Glenn H. Brown Prize from the International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS). Congratulations to Dr. Angel Martinez!

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