The ability to obtain a molecular-level understanding of the chemistry that takes place at
liquid/solid interfaces is key to the development and improvement of many chemical and …

Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) and liquid crystalline (LC) ordering are ubiquitous
phenomena in nature, in a variety of biomolecular solutions. Here, we review instances in …

Morphogenesis of living systems involves topological shape transformations which are
highly unusual in the inanimate world. Here, we demonstrate that a droplet of a nematic …

In many colloidal systems, an orientationally ordered nematic (N) phase emerges from the
isotropic (I) melt in the form of spindle-like birefringent tactoids. In cases studied so far, the …

Using dynamic light scattering, we study orientational fluctuation modes in the nematic
phase of a self-assembled lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal (LCLC) disodium cromoglycate …

Confined liquid crystals (LC) provide a unique platform for technological applications and for
the study of LC properties, such as bulk elasticity, surface anchoring, and topological …

We explore the structure of nuclei and topological defects in the first-order phase transition
between the nematic (N) and isotropic (I) phases in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals …

Liquid crystals (LCs) represent a challenging group of materials for direct transmission
electron microscopy (TEM) studies due to the complications in specimen preparation and …

Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) represent aqueous dispersions of organic disk-
like molecules that form cylindrical aggregates. Despite the growing interest in these …

G-quadruplex, assembled from a square array of guanine (G) molecules, is an important
structure with crucial biological roles in vivo but also a versatile template for ordered …