Research

The research in the group deals with soft matter, our main foci being liquid crystals, colloids and polymers. We are particularly interested in spontaneous long-range ordered structure formation on the nano- and microscales, driven by the unique self-assembly processes occurring in liquid crystals. We work with the thermotropic as well as the lyotropic class of liquid crystal and our specialty is to combine these ordered fluids with other modern scientific techniques such as electrospinning and microfluidics for producing new composite structures and studying their properties. This approach allows us to create new functional materials and exotic geometries for studying and applying liquid crystals and other fascinating classes of soft matter.

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