| O.D. Lavrentovich received his Ph.D. (1984) and Doctor of Science (1990)
degrees in Physics and Mathematics from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. In 1992 he
joined the Liquid Crystal Institute as a Senior Research Fellow and became an Adjunct
Associate Professor of Physics. He has been an Associate Professor of Chemical Physics
since 1994. Lavrentovich held visiting appointments at the University Paris-Sud,
University P. et M. Curie, University Denis Diderot in France and the University of
Cambridge, United Kingdom. He is Membership Officer of the International Liquid Crystal
Society Scientific interest include topological defects and patterns, surface- and
light-induced phenomena; electrooptics of liquid crystals. |
Representative Publications
- "Defects in Liquid Crystals: Homotopy Theory and Experimental Studies," M.V.
Kurik and O.D. Lavrentovich, Sov. Phys.-Uspekhi, 31, 196 (1988).
- "Patterns in Thin Liquid Crystal Films and the Divergence ("Surfacelike")
Elasticity," O.D. Lavrentovich and V.M. Pergamenshchik, Intern. Jrnl. Mod. Phys.,
9, 2389 (1995).
- "Surface Anchoring and Growth Pattern of the Field-Driven Transition in a Smectic A
Liquid Crystal," Z. Li and O.D. Lavrentovich, Phys. Rev. Lett., 73, 979
(1994).
- "Measurements of Polar Anchoring Coefficient for Nematic Cell with High Pretilt
Angle," D. Subacius, V.M. Pergamenshchik and O.D. Lavrentovich, Appl. Phys. Lett.,
67, 214 (1995).
- "Focal Conic Domains in Smectics," Ph. Boltenhagen, M. Kleman, and O.D.
Lavrentovich in Soft Order in Physical Systems, Eds. Y. Rabin and R. Bruinsma,
Plenum Press: New York, p. 5-32 (1994).
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