20.500.12556/RUL-135979 Introduction to colloidal and microfluidic nematic microstructures In this brief review, we give an introduction to selected colloidal and microfluidic nematic microstructures, as enabled by the inherent anisotropy and microscopic orientational ordering in complex liquid crystalline materials. We give a brief overview of the mesoscopic theory, for equilibrium and dynamics, of nematic fluids, that provides the framework for understanding, characterization, and even prediction of such microstructures, with particular comment also on the role of topology and topological defects. Three types of nematic microstructures are highlighted: stable or metastable structures in nematic colloids based on spherical colloidal particles, stationary nematic microfluidic structures, and ferromagnetic liquid crystal structures based on magnetic colloidal particles. Finally, this paper is in honor of Noel A. Clark, as one of the world pioneers that helped to shape this field of complex and functional soft matter, contributing at different levels to works of various groups worldwide, including ours. soft matter physics liquid crystals nematics microfluidics topology nematic structures colloids fizika mehke snovi tekoči kristali nematiki mikrofluidika topologija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-04-05 12:51:38 2022-04-05 12:51:40 2022-09-15 04:13:03 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 21 str. iss. 8, art. 956 Vol. 11 Aug. 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 538.9 2073-4352 10.3390/cryst11080956 73231619 RAZ_Copar_Simon_2021.pdf RAZ_Copar_Simon_2021.pdf 1 4BA4DB88BCB18816B05191C6D0AB53FC ffa32eb0855e97ec91af7508cb3b3abb09afabd8d20888f601def6d5e21c8c79 9c03be95-b4ce-11ec-8aca-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=155328 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/11/8/956 0 6f9993fa-b4ce-11ec-8aca-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=155327 Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko 0 0 0