Colloidal particles in a liquid crystal (LC) behave very differently from their counterparts in
isotropic fluids. Elastic nature of the orientational order and surface anchoring of the director …

Active colloids in liquid crystals (ACLCs) are an active matter with qualitatively new facets of
behavior as compared to active matter that becomes isotropic when relaxed into an …

I started the work on liquid crystal colloids around the year 2000 as a continuation of our
experiments on forces between surfaces in liquid crystals. We were using the atomic force …

This article provides a concise review of a new state of colloidal matter called nematic liquid-
crystal colloids. These colloids are obtained by dispersing microparticles of different shapes …

We describe electrophoresis of spherical dielectric particles in a uniformly aligned nematic
medium with a negative dielectric anisotropy. A spherical particle that orients the liquid …

The Fréedericksz transition in twist cells of cholesteric liquid crystals with a finite surface
energy is considered. It is shown that this transition can be either of the second order or of …

Liquid crystal-based colloids demonstrate new type of colloidal interaction between the
particles, which is of elastic origin, has very long range and is extremely strong, with pair …

We develop the method proposed by Chernyshuk and Lev [Phys. Rev. E 81, 041701 (2010)
PLEEE8 1539-3755 10.1103/PhysRevE. 81.041701] for theoretical investigation of elastic …

Liquid crystals have intrigued physicists as a platform that facilitates direct visualization of
topological concepts. Here, the theoretical and experimental studies demonstrating that a …

We study axially symmetrical 3D skyrmionic particles (torons, Hopfions) in a thin
homeotropic cell filled with a cholesteric liquid crystal. We show that a small 3D skyrmion …