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The researchers team, led by CU Professors Ivan Smalyukh and Ronggui Yang, will use liquid crystals to create a transparent, solid film that is insulating, soundproof and water condensation-proof. The team includes graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Paul Ackerman defended his thesis "Self-Assembly of Topological Solitons and Functional Nanoparticles in Liquid Crystals". Congratulations

Hayley R. O. Sohn was selected to receive a 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship. The award was based on demostrated by Hayley potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the U.S. science and engineering enterprise. Congratulations to Hayley!

Article by Senyuk et al. "Colloidal spirals in nematic liquid crystals" was featured on the cover of Soft Matter.

Ivan Smalyukh receives the GSOFT Award for Soft Matter Research

Angel Martinez defended his thesis "Optical Shaping of Topology in Soft Matter". Congratulations!

Ivan Smalyukh receives the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award in recognition of his accomplishments in research and teaching.

Mike Varney defended his thesis "Magnetic and optical holonomic manipulation of colloids, structures and topological defects in liquid crystals for characterization of mesoscale self-assembly and dynamics." Congratulations

Ivan Smalyukh is co-organizing the I-CAMP 2014 Summer School in Cape Town, South Africa

Students Ghadah Al Abbas, Rachel Ward, and Julian Giller joined the research group. Welcome!