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 | Article in Nature Materials Associates of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics Tina Arh, Matej Pregelj, pHD, and prof. Andrej Zorko pHD, discovered the first realization of a quantum spin liquid on a Ising triangular-lattice antiferromagnet. They performed a large scale experimental study in collaboration with the researchers from the Slovenian Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics as well as researchers from India, Great Britain, France and the USA. The results were published in Nature Materials in the article  The Ising triangular-lattice antiferromagnet neodymium heptatantalate as a quantum spin liquid candidate. In addition to being a significant scientific discovery, this discovery also has an important potential for the latest quantum technologies, as spin liquids are seen as one of the most perspective platforms in quantum computing. Read more >> |
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 | Article in Nature Reviews Methods Primers Doc. dr. Matjaž Humar from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at Jožef Stefan Institute, and researchers from UK, USA and Japan have published an article titled Whispering-gallery-mode sensors for biological and physical sensing in Nature Reviews Methods Primers. Read more >> |
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 | Article in Physical Review X In an extensive study, Jeffrey C. Everts and Miha Ravnik from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at University of Ljubljana and the Department F5 of Jožef Stefan Institute examined the details of the coupling of ions and singular topological defects in complex nematic fluids (Phys. Rev. X 2021). Read more >> |
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 | Article in Science Advances  November 11, 2021The physical behavior of anisotropic charged colloidal particles in nematic solvents is determined by their dielectric anisotropy. Together with the experimental group of Professor Ivan Smalyukh at University of Colorado Boulder the authors Jeffrey C. Everts and Miha Ravnik from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at University of Ljubljana and the Department F5 of Jozef Stefan Institute demonstrated anisotropic electrostatic screening for charged colloidal particles in nematic electrolytes. Read more >> |
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 | News & Views Article in Nature Physics September 29, 2021Dr. Martin Klanjšek from the Condensed Matter Physics Department published a News & Views article entitled Singlets singled out in Nature Physics upon invitation by the editor. In this article, the author presents his view of the achievements of the article Emergence of spin singlets with inhomogeneous gaps in the kagome lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnets Zn-barlowite and herbertsmithite. Read more >> |
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 | FPPT research at JSI March 9, 2020Since March 2020, the researchers at "Jožef Stefan" Institute have been researching protective masks, which have turned out to be one of the key protective measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, as they reduce the aerosol viral transmissions. Read more >> |
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 | Additional funding to research protective mask materials December 17, 2020At the 2020 ARRS call for additional funding related to COVID-19, the research program “Physics of soft matter, surfaces and nanostructures” (P1-0099, coordinator Slobodan Žumer) was successful with the proposal “Study of materials for protective respiratory face masks” prepared by Maja Remškar and Miha Ravnik. The additional 2-year funding of 2700 working hours per year will support research at IJS (two thirds) & UL FMF (one third) and collaboration with Marjan Ješelnik from the company smartMELAMINE. |
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 | Prof. dr. Samo Kralj received Zois Certificate December 4, 2020This year's winners of the Slovenian highest awards for science were presented on December 1, 2020, in a documentary |
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 | Article in Advanced Materials November 27, 2020Dr. Simon Čopar form the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, and dr. Uroš Tkalec from the Condensed Matter Physics Department at the »Jožef Stefan« Institute in collaboration with Korean researchers led by Dong Ki Yoon have published article |
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 | Article in Advanced Materials October 27, 2020Led by dr. Janez Štrancar, PhD, the researchers of the Biophysics Laboratory of the Condensed Matter Physics Department at the “Jožef Stefan” Institute have made crucial contributions to a large study of the mechanisms for nanomaterial toxicity and inflammation predictions without the use of test animals, published in the Advanced Materials under the title |
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 | Article in Journal of Membrane Science October 14, 2020As the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a general lack of medical protective equipment, the researchers from “Jožef Stefan” Institute, including associates of our department, decided to look into the option of using ionizing radiation to sterilize used masks and allow their reuse. Read more >> |
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 | Article in Journal of Advanced Electronic Materials October 6, 2020Abdou Hassanien from the F5 Department of Jozef Stefan Institute has published, in collaboration with Biao Zhou and Akiko Kobayashi from Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, an article in the Journal of Advanced Electronic Materials titled |
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 | Article in Physical Review X September 25, 2020Guilhem Poy from Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at University of Ljubljana and Slobodan Žumer from Jozef Stefan Institute in collaboration with the group of Ivan Smalyukh from University of Colorado in Boulder in Physical Review X published the paper that |
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 | Article in Physical Review Letters September 1st, 2020Slobodan Žumer from Jozef Stefan Institute and Guilhem Poy from Faculty of mathematics and Physics at University of Ljubljana in collaboration with Andrew Hess and Ivan Smalyukh from University of Colorado in Boulder published the paper |
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 | Athena gender equality project August 13, 2020As a member of an international consortium, “Jožef Stefan” Institute received the European Athena project, whose aim is the implementation of gender equality plans to release the potential of research institutions in Europe. The F5 department will have an active role in this project, joined by 9 other “Jožef Stefan” Institute departments (U1, F4, K1, K3, K5, K7, E3, E5 and E7). Read more >> |
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 | Article in Physical Review Letters July 13, 2020Tina Arh, Matjaž Gomilšek, Matej Pregelj, Martin Klanjšek and Andrej Zorko from the Solid State Physics Department and Peter Prelovšek from the Department of Theoretical Physics at the “Jožef Stefan” Institute, in collaboration with researchers from United Kingdom, USA and China, have published a paper “Origin of Magnetic Ordering in a Structurally Perfect Quantum Kagome Antiferromagnet” in |
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 | Increased nanoparticle exposure due to pyrotechnics during a football match June 15, 2020During a football match at the Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana in 2019, the F5 department researchers measured nanoparticle air pollution. During the match, the fans of both teams used pyrotechnic devices to support their teams despite the prohibition. Read more >> |
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 | Article in Nature Physics February 19, 2020Andrej Zorko from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at Jožef Stefan Institute and the Physics department at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, was part of the international research team that confirmed the gapless ground state in the archetypal quantum kagome antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2. Read more >> |
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 | Article in Nature Communications January 16, 2020A team of researchers from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, and »Jožef Stefan« Institute, including Uroš Tkalec from our department, have studied previously unresearched dynamic chiral states which arise before the homeotropic to flow-aligned transition. Read more >> |
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 | Article in Physical Review X December 23, 2019Simon Čopar, Jure Aplinc, Žiga Kos, Slobodan Žumer and Miha Ravnik, researchers from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics and the Physics Department of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, were the first team who managed to research the topology of three-dimensional active nematic turbulence under the spherical confinement. Read more >> |
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 | Best Oral Presentation Award December 12, 2019At the international conference European C-MetAC Days 2019, held in December 2019 at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, Germany, Darja Gačnik received the award for the best oral presentation in the young scientists’ category. Read more>> |
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 | Article in Scientific Reports December 12, 2019An article conceptualised by Abdou Hassanien, associate Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the “Jožef Stefan” Institute, and co-written by Alexander Vahl, Niko Carstens, Thomas Strunskus in Franz Faupel from the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany, was published by Scientific Reports. The article describes behaviour of memristors (memory resistors) at the level of individual nanoparticles /.../. Read more >> |
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 | Jean-Pierre Bourguignon visits the F5 Department December 4, 2019Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, president of the European Research Council, visited Slovenian for the third time on November 28, 2019. In the morning he visited the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana. In the afternoon he met with representatives of the “Jožef Stefan” Institute, primarily with the ERC grant winners, dr. Dragan Mihailovič and our own dr. Matjaž Humar. Read more >> |
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 | Žiga Zois Prizes and Awards November 22, 2019On November 20, 2019, the Republic of Slovenia awarded the highest prizes and awards for outstanding achievements in science, research and development to 18 top scientists. Among them were two associates of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics. Professor dr. Desnis Arčon received the Žiga Zois prize for outstanding achievements in the fields of quantum magnetism and unusual superconductivity and assistant professor dr. Miha Ravnik received the Žiga Zois Award for outstanding achievements in the field of soft matter physics. Read more >> |
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 | Dr. Brigita Rožič – winner of the Fulbright grant November 13, 2019Brigita Rožič, researcher of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the “Jožef Štefan” Institute, has received the Fulbright grant for her excellent scientific and research work. The Fulbright grant is awarded every year to successful scientists from all over the world. Read more >> |
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 | Blinc Awards October 28, 2019 Dr. Martin Klanjšek, associate of the F5 Department, was awarded the Blinc Award for Extraordinary One-time Achievements for proving the existence of unusual quasiparticles called anyons. On October 24, 2019, the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana and the “Jožef Stefan” Institute awarded the first Blinc awards for research and theoretical work in physics. The awards were founded to celebrate the best physicists and to commemorate Robert Blinc, one of the sharpest Slovenian researchers and a member of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts.
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 | ERC Starting Grant September 4, 2019 Dr. Matjaž Humar, head of the |
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 | Best poster at the ICQ14 May 31, 2019 The International Conference on Quasicrystals – ICQ14 took place in Kranjska Gora from May 26 to May 31, 2019. It was attended by 120 scientists from 18 countries and three continents (Europe, Asia and America). Dr. Andreja Jelen of the F5 Department also attended the conference, where she presented the poster “Microstructure and magnetic properties of a single-crystalline FeCoCrMnAl high-entropy alloy”. Read more >> |
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 | Article in Nature Physics May 27, 2019 Matjaž Gomilšek, Martin Klanjšek, Matej Pregelj and Andrej Zorko from the Condensed Matter Physics Department and Rok Žitko from the Department of Theoretical Physics at the “Jožef Stefan” Institute, in collaboration with researchers from Switzerland and China, have published the paper Kondo screening in a charge-insulating spinon metal in Nature Physics. Read more >> |
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 | Article in npj Quantum Materials May 3, 2019 Researchers from the Condensed Matter Physics Department (F5), Matej Pregelj, Andrej Zorko, Matjaž Gomilšek, Martin Klanjšek and Denis Arčon, in collaboration with colleagues from Switzerland, UK and Croatia, published an article in npj Quantum materials entitled Elementary excitation in the spin-stripe phase in quantum chains. Read more >> |
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 | Dr. Koželj awarded the JSI Golden Emblem Prize March 27, 2019
For the 27th time, the Jožef Stefan Institute awarded the Golden Emblem Prize to authors of doctoral theses with the highest impact in Slovenia and abroad, which were defended in the Republic of Slovenia in the past three years. This year, the Golden Emblem was awarded to dr. Primož Koželj and dr. Victor Vega Mayoral. Read more >> |
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 | Article in Science Advances February 15, 2019
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 | Condensed Matter Physics at TEDxLjubljana 2018 December 13, 2018
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 | Article in Science Advances November 27, 2018
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