People – Department of Complex Matter

Nonlinear Optics

Biological Soft Matter

Colloidal systems

Liquid Crystals and Polymers

Quantum and Classical Computing

About the Department

The research within the department of Complex Matter encompasses a variety of research fields, ranging from the synthesis of new materials to fundamental investigations of elementary excitations, self-organising behaviour and adaptive functionality in complex systems.

Current points of interest

Open Positions – Career opportunities

Open Positions: PostDocs, MA, PhD, Seminars

European Research Council partner

An European Research Council partner

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About – Applications and spin-off technologies

Applications and spin-off technologies

Events

Upcoming event:
KRVAVEC 2018 | December 16 - 19

COST

Current / Archive list

Bilateral

Current / Archive list

Center of Nanolithography and nanoscopy

ARRS - Infrastructure programme

Synthesis and characterization of novel nano-structures on the basis of transition metals

ARRS

Dynamics of complex functional states

ARRS

Bio-mimetic systems in microfluidics

ARRS

Ultrafast electron dynamics in metals and determination of the constant interactions of electrons and phonons

ARRS

Molecular electronics with MoSI nano wires

ARRS

Collective and molecular dynamics photosensitive liquid crystal elastomers

ARRS

Cosmology in the laboratory – femtosecond control of phase transitions in real-time

ARRS

Development of new ultrafast change memory devices by femtosecond multi-pulse spectroscopy

MIZŠ

Optimization strategies in biological and artificial microfluidic systems

ARRS

Symmetry breaking in real time

ARRS

Thermophoretic guidance, accumulation and sorting of biomolecules in microfluidic devices

ARRS

Ultrafast memory devices by molecular beam epitaxy

ARRS

Development of gradual optical shutter – OPTIGRAD

MIZŠ

Phase transitions in system of nucleotide repeat expansion associated with neurodegenerative diseases

ARRS

Electrically tunable ferromagnetic liquids

ARRS

Femtosecond time-resolved scanning tunneling electron microscopy of complex materials

ARRS

COMPEHS: Controlling mesoscopic phase separation

Projects within the 6 FP

DESYGN-IT: Design synthesis and growth of nanotubes for industrial technology

Projects within the 6 FP

NANOTEMP: Template grown molecular nanomaterials

Projects within the 5 FP

Processes in Biophysical Matter Studied with Optical Tweezer

NATO Reintegration Grant PDD

E-GAP

Royal Society Joint Projects 2009/R2

COST MPNS Action MP0802

Self-assembled guanosine structures for molecular electronic device

COST MPNS Action MP0902

Composites of Inorganic Nanotubes and Polymers (COINAPO)

Compact High Briilliance Single frequency THz Source

FP7-ICT

Next generation Hybrid Interfaces for Spintronics Application

FP7-NMP

Cooperative research on novel photosensitive polymeric nanocomposites and their photonic microstructures

International S&T cooperation program of China 2011

Nonlinear optics of modulated GaAlN waveguides

Participation of Slovene researchers at Materials World Network (MWN)

JET campaigns – JET1 – FU – EUROfusion

H2020 - Eurofusion

Development of Curved LCD Shutter in the Year 2016

COST MPNS Action MP1201

Nanoscale Superconductivity: Novel Functionalities through Optimized Confinement of Condensate and Fields – NanoSC

COST MPNS Action MP1205

Advances in Optofluidics: Integration of Optical Control and Photonics with Microfluidics

Nanoelectronics based on two-dimensional dichalcogenides

FP7-ITN

ARRS BI-AT/16-013

Neutron polarizers from polymer-nanoparticle composites

ARRS BI-HR/16-17-027

Cultivation and characterization of functional 2D materials based on graphene and dichalcogenide

ARRS BI-RU/16-18-021

Photo-stimulated phenomena and dynamical states in the vicinity of the phase transition

Microfluidic systems based on anisotropic soft matter

ARRS BI-CN/17-18- 018

The micro-structured configuration of a liquid crystal for use in microfluidic devices

ARRS BI-DE/17-19-17

Magnetically reconfigurable elastomeric optical surfaces

Spectra Measurements XANES/EXAFS

Development of Curved LCD Shutter

2015-2018

Medium size Tokamak campaigns

H2020 - EUROfusion

TRAJECTORY: Coherent Trajectories through Symmetry Breaking Transitions

FP7-ERC

COST Action BM1205

Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences

COST MPNS Action MP1302

NanoSpectroscopy

MagNem: Hydrodynamics of Ferromagnetic Nematic Liquid Crystals

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

MULTI-modal Imaging of FOREnsic SciEnce Evidence – tools for Forensic Science

COST Action CA16101

Scalling Properties of CDW Memory

H2020-NFFA

Ultrafast Charge Density Wave Memory for Quantum Computing, ERC Proof of Concept

H2020-ERC-POC

COST Action CA16218

Nanoscale Coherent hybrid Devices for Superconducting Quantum Technologies

CMST COST Action CM1403

The European upconversion network – from the design of photon-upconverting nanomaterials to biomedical applications

Research projects

Research programs

Dragan D. Mihailović

dragan.mihailovic@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3729

Alenka Mertelj

alenka.mertelj@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3283

Martin Čopič

martin.copic@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3388

Irena Drevenšek Olenik

irena.drevensek@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3647

Viktor Kabanov

viktor.kabanov@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3219

Tomaž Mertelj

tomaz.mertelj@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3647

Boris Majaron

boris.majaron@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3208

Marko Zgonik

marko.zgonik@ijs.si
t: +386 1 476 6654

Steven Conradson

steven.conradson@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3388

Matjaž Lukač

matjaz.lukac@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3388

Mojca Vilfan

mojca.vilfan@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3119

Aleš Mrzel

ales.mrzel@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3118

Natan Osterman

natan.osterman@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3975

Andrej Petelin

andrej.petelin@ijs.si
t: +386 1 476 6706

Lea Spindler

lea.spindler@um.si
t: +386 1 477 3647

Matija Milanič

matija.milanic@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3975

Luka Cmok

luka.cmok@ijs.si
t: +386 1 476 6706

Nerea Sebastián

nerea.sebastian@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3937

Yelyzaveta Chernolevska

yelyzaveta.chernolevska@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3937

Matjaž Ličen

matjaz.licen@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3937

Andrej Kranjec

andrej.kranjec@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3941

Jan Ravnik

jan.ravnik@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3941

Nina Verdel

nina.verdel@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3941

Jaka Vodeb

jaka.vodeb@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3941

Mimoza Naseska

mimoza.naseska@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3342

Patricija Hribar Boštjančič

patricija.hribar.bostjancic@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3937

Anže Mraz

anze.mraz@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3342

Žiga Gregorin

ziga.gregorin@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3937

Yevhenii Vaskivskyi

yevhenii.vaskivskyi@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3342

Izidor Benedičič

izidor.benedicic@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3937

Damjan Svetin

damjan.svetin@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3599

Petra Šutar

petra.sutar@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3437

Michele Diego

michele.diego@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3937

Venera F. Nasretdinova

venera.nasretdinova@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3342

Yaroslav Gerasimenko

yaroslav.gerasimenko@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3342

Martina Knavs

martina.knavs@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3220

Špela Križ

spela.kriz@ijs.si
t: +386 1 477 3388

Dynamics of complex nano-systems

Light and Matter

Medical physics

Light and matter

Dynamics of complex nanomaterials

Team building

Excellence / Competency Centers

Optical Spectro-Fluorometer

Time resolved spectroscopy

Optical spectroscopy

Photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS, DLS)

Time domain pump-probe THZ spectrometer

Surface optical second harmonic generation

Microscopy (AFM, STM, SEM)

Synthesis of new materials

Nanofabrication

Molecular beam epitaxy system – MBE

Mid-infrared radiometry

Dynamics of Correlated Matter

Nanowires

Nanocomposites

Field Emission

Miniature micro circuits

Biomedical Optics

Nanolithography

Quantum Thermodynamics on Nanoscale

Laser Therapy

Magnetic Soft Matter

Applications and spin-off technologies

Biomedical optics

Nanoscale Memory Devices

Nanoscale Memory Device

Department staff

Nonlinear Optics

Biological Soft Matter

Colloidal systems

Liquid Crystals and Polymers

Quantum and Classical Computing

About the Department

Current points of interest

Open Positions – Career opportunities

European Research Council partner

Video

Latest news

About – Applications and spin-off technologies

Events

COST

Bilateral

Center of Nanolithography and nanoscopy

Synthesis and characterization of novel nano-structures on the basis of transition metals

Dynamics of complex functional states

Bio-mimetic systems in microfluidics

Ultrafast electron dynamics in metals and determination of the constant interactions of electrons and phonons

Molecular electronics with MoSI nano wires

Collective and molecular dynamics photosensitive liquid crystal elastomers

Cosmology in the laboratory – femtosecond control of phase transitions in real-time

Development of new ultrafast change memory devices by femtosecond multi-pulse spectroscopy

Optimization strategies in biological and artificial microfluidic systems

Symmetry breaking in real time

Thermophoretic guidance, accumulation and sorting of biomolecules in microfluidic devices

Ultrafast memory devices by molecular beam epitaxy

Development of gradual optical shutter – OPTIGRAD

Phase transitions in system of nucleotide repeat expansion associated with neurodegenerative diseases

Electrically tunable ferromagnetic liquids

Femtosecond time-resolved scanning tunneling electron microscopy of complex materials

COMPEHS: Controlling mesoscopic phase separation

DESYGN-IT: Design synthesis and growth of nanotubes for industrial technology

NANOTEMP: Template grown molecular nanomaterials

Processes in Biophysical Matter Studied with Optical Tweezer

E-GAP

COST MPNS Action MP0802

COST MPNS Action MP0902

Compact High Briilliance Single frequency THz Source

Next generation Hybrid Interfaces for Spintronics Application

Cooperative research on novel photosensitive polymeric nanocomposites and their photonic microstructures

Nonlinear optics of modulated GaAlN waveguides

JET campaigns – JET1 – FU – EUROfusion

Development of Curved LCD Shutter in the Year 2016

COST MPNS Action MP1201

COST MPNS Action MP1205

Nanoelectronics based on two-dimensional dichalcogenides

ARRS BI-AT/16-013

ARRS BI-HR/16-17-027

ARRS BI-RU/16-18-021

Microfluidic systems based on anisotropic soft matter

ARRS BI-CN/17-18- 018

ARRS BI-DE/17-19-17

Spectra Measurements XANES/EXAFS

Development of Curved LCD Shutter

Medium size Tokamak campaigns

TRAJECTORY: Coherent Trajectories through Symmetry Breaking Transitions

COST Action BM1205

COST MPNS Action MP1302

MagNem: Hydrodynamics of Ferromagnetic Nematic Liquid Crystals

MULTI-modal Imaging of FOREnsic SciEnce Evidence – tools for Forensic Science

Scalling Properties of CDW Memory

Ultrafast Charge Density Wave Memory for Quantum Computing, ERC Proof of Concept

COST Action CA16218

CMST COST Action CM1403

Research projects

Research programs

Dragan D. Mihailović

Alenka Mertelj

Martin Čopič

Irena Drevenšek Olenik

Viktor Kabanov

Tomaž Mertelj

Boris Majaron

Marko Zgonik

Steven Conradson

Matjaž Lukač

Mojca Vilfan