Ivan Smalyukh, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and the NSF-sponsored Soft Matter Materials Research Center at CU-Boulder. Smalyukh's research centers on organizing principles of nanoscale material self-assembly and light-matter interactions. Smalyukh and his research group are studying the long-range ordered molecular and nanoparticle organization with the focus on applications in organic photovoltaic solar cells. Smalyukh is organizing annual inter-continental advanced materials for photonics (I-CAMP) summer schools (Ìý), which bring together both prominent and junior scientists and allow them to combine advanced education at the interface of materials science and optics/photonics with learning about different cultures worldwide. Smalyukh is a faculty advisor of SPIE and MRS student chapters of CU-Boulder.
Ivan's Recent RASEI Activities
Bacterial Disco Lights: Using light to control the movement and arrangement of cyanobacteria to form liquid crystalline active matter
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS, 2024, 5, 37 Read more
Photosynthetically-powered phototactic active nematic liquid crystal fluids and gels
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS, 2024, 5, 37 Read more
Controlling Exciton/Exciton Recombination in 2-D Perovskite Using Exciton-Polariton Coupling
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2024, 15, 6, 1748-1754 Read more
Mechanical Actuation via Homeomorphic Transformations of Topological Solitons within Polymer Coatings
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 2023, 2308425 Read more
Low-Voltage Haze Tuning with Cellulose-Network Liquid Crystal Gels
ACS NANO, 2023, 17, 20, 19767-19778 Read more
Highly transparent silanized cellulose aerogels for boosting energy efficiency of glazing in buildings
NATURE ENERGY, 2023, 8, 381-396 Read more
Nanoparticle localization within chiral liquid crystal defect lines and nanoparticle interactions
PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 2023, E107, 034701 Read more
Liquid crystal defect structures with Möbius strip topology
NATURE PHYSICS, 2023, 19, 451-459 Read more