Yu.A.Nastishin,PhD,
Institute of Physical Optics

Yu.A.Nastishin
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Scientific interests
  • Defects in liquid crystals. 
  • Experimental study of TGBA phase.
  • Optical characterization of distorted liquid crystals.
  • Optical measurements of nematic polar anchoring.
  • Rheological properties of chiral LC.
  • Phase diagrams and physical properties of lyotropic LC.
  • Computer simulation of optical conoscopy for distorted LC and gyrotropic birefringent solid crystals. 

Selected Journal Articles :

1. O.D.Lavrentovich and Yu.A.Nastishin, Division of drops of a liquid crystal in the case of the cholesteric-to-smectic A phase transition.- JETP Lett., v.40, p.1015-1019 (1984). 
2. O.D.Lavrentovich and Yu.A.Nastishin, Thermomechanical effect in thedeformed nematic liquid crystal.- Ukrainian Fiz. Zhurn., v.32, p.710-712 (1987), in Russian. 
3. O.D.Lavrentovich and Yu.A.Nastishin, Defects with nontrivial topological charges in hybrid-aligned films of nematic liquid crystal.- Sov. Phys.- Crystallogr. (USA), v.34, p.914-917 (1987) 

4. O.D.Lavrentovich and Yu.A.Nastishin, Quasicrystalline intermediate structure between cholesteric and smectic A phases.- Ukrainian Fiz. Zhurn., v.35, p.221-223 (1990), in Russian 

5. Vlokh O.G., Nastishin Yu.A, Polovinko I.I., Sveleba S.A., The manifestation of the incommensuration in optical properties of blue liquid crystal phases.- Pis'ma Zhurn Techn. Fiz., v.16, 17, p.22-33 (1990), in Russian 

6. O.D.Lavrentovich, Yu.A.Nastishin, Defects in degenerate hybrid aligned nematic liquid crystals.- Europhys.Lett., v.13, p.135-141 (1990) 

7. O.D.Lavrentovich, Yu.A.Nastishin, V.I.Kulishov, Yu.S.Narkevich, A.S.Tolochko, S.V.Shianovskii, Helical smectic A.- Europhys.Lett., v.13, p.313-318 (1990) 

8. Vlokh O.G., Yu.Nastishin, T.M.Sosnowskii, New features of physical properties of blue liquid crystal phases.- Pis'ma Zhurn. Techn. Fiz., v.18, 9, p. 43-48 (1992), in Russian 

9. O.D.Lavrentovich and Yu.A.Nastishin, Optical Bragg diffraction of the helical smectic A liquid crystal.- Mol.Cryst.Liq.Cryst., v.221, p.57-60 (1992) 

10.O.G.Vlokh, Yu.A.Nastishin and T.M.Sosnowskii, Effect of defects on the physical properties of the blue phase of liquid crystals.- Sov.Phys.- Crystallogr. Rep., v.36, 6,, p.860-861 (1993) 

11.Yu.A.Nastishin, E.Lambert, Ph.Boltenhagen. Temperature-induced structural transitions of the quasiternary system cetylpyridinium chloride-hexanol-brine. C.R.Acad.Sci.Paris, t.321, Serie IIb, p.205-210 (1995) 

12.Yu.A.Nastishin. Brine-rich corner of the phase diagram of the ternary system cetylpyridinium cloride-hexanol-brine. Langmuir, 12, 21, p. 5011-5015 (1996) 

13.Yu.A.Nastishin. Temperature investigations of the system cetylpyridinium chlorid-hexanol-brine. Ukrainian Fiz. Zhurn., 41, 2, p.185-189 (1996), in Ukrainian 

14.Gotra Z.Yu., Nastishin Yu.A., Smalyukh I.I., Senyuk B.I. Visnyk (Lviv State University "Lviv Politekhnik", Serie "Automation, Measurement, Operation", 305, p.91-98 (1996), in Ukrainian

15.Yu.A.Nastishin. Pretransitional electroconductivity of the L alppha phase. Ukrainian Fiz. Zhurn., 42,1, pp.168-172 (1997), in Ukrainian 

16.Yu.A.Nastishin, O.B.Dovgyi.Surface induced L alpha layer in the sponge phase of the lyotropic system. Ukrainian Fiz. Zhurn, 42, 4, pp.430-432 (1997), in Ukrainian 

17. Yu.A.Nastishin. The exchange of the cosurfactant  between surfactant aggregates and solvent in the lyotropic system. //Abstracts of the European Conference on liquit Crystals, Koscelisko Centre, Zakopane, Poland March 3-8, 1997, p.349. 

18. Yu.A.Nastishin. Pretransitional phenomena in the lamellar L? phase. //Abstracts of the European Liquid Crystals Conference, Koscelisko Centre, Zakopane, Poland March 3-8, 1997, p.350. 

19. Yu.A.Nastishin, O.Dovgyi. Correlation between surface and bulk orientation of the L? phase observed with the thickness dependence of the electroconductivity. //Abstracts of the European Liquid Crystals Conference on, Koscelisko Centre, Zakopane, Poland March 3-8, 1997, p. 351. 

20. Yu.A.Nastishin, O.Dovgyi. Thickness dependence of the electroconductivity in the lyotropic L3 (sponge) phase. //Abstracts of the European Liquid Crystals Conference, Koscelisko Centre, Zakopane, Poland March 3-8, 1997, p.352. 

21. Yu. A. Nastishin, I. I. Smalyukh. Pretransitional optical activity in the isotropic phase of cholesteric liquid crystal.//Abstracts of the European Liquid Crystals Conference, Koscelisko Centre, Zakopane, Poland March 3-8, 1997, p.226. 

22. Z. Yu. Gotra, Yu. A. Nastishin, I. I. Smalyukh, T. M. Sosnovskyi. Optical rotation in the supercooled blue phase.//Abstracts of the European Liquid Crystals Conference , Koscelisko Centre, Zakopane, Poland March 3-8, 1997, p.293. 

23. Z.Yu.Gotra, Yu.Nastishin, I.Smalyukh, B.Senyuk. Simulation of the anomalous light polarization rotation in the pretransitional isotropic phase region of the cholesteric liquid crystal. Materials of 1-st International modelling school- Crimea Autumn' 96, Alushta (Ukraine), September 12-17, pp. 101-103 (1996). 

24.Yu. A. Nastishin, I. I. Smalyukh, Surface influence on the properties of the isotropic phase of a chiral liquid crystal, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3488, 142-149 (1997). 

25.Yu. A. Nastishin, I. I. Smalyukh, Z. Yu. Gotra, Observation of magneto-optical effect in the supercooled blue phase. SPIE Proceedings, Vol.3488, 149-157(1997). 

26.Yu. A. Nastishin, O. B. Dovgyi, A. Kostruba, The studies of the interface between the L3 (sponge) phase and a solid substrate, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3488, 20-28 (1997) 

27. V.G.Nazarenko, A.K.St.Clair, Klouda, R.D.Polak, Yu. A Nastishin, O.D.Lavrentovich, Chemically imidized polyimide as an alignment material for LCDs. SID 98 DIGEST, 11.3, pp. 135-138. 

28. Yu.A.Nastishin, T.Shneider, O.D.Lavrentovich, Developable domains as nuclei of columnar lyotropic mesophases. Book of abstracts. Site visit for the NSF & ALCOM. Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent, OH, June 25-27, 1997, p.12 

29. Yu.A. Nastishin, I.I.Smalyukh. Pretransitional rotation of the light polarization plane in the isotropic phase of cholesteric liquid crystal. Optics and Spectroscopy v.85, No3, pp. 465-468 translated from  Optics and Spectroscopy, v.85, No3, pp507-511, (1998). 

30. Yu. A. Nastishin, I.I.Smalyukh. Influence of the magnetic field on the rotation of light polarisation plane in the cholesteric liquid crystal. Journal of Physical Studies, v.2, No 3 (1998) pp.335-338. 

31.Yu.A.Nastishin, O.B.Dovgyi. Thickness dependence of electroconductivity for lyotropic L alpha phase. Ukrainian Fiz. Zhurn, 43, 2, pp.233-237 (1998), in Ukrainian. 

32.D.Shenoy, K.Gruenberg, J.Naciri , R. Shashidhar, Yu.Nastishin, R.Polak and O.D.Lavrentovich. Device Properties and Polar Anchoring of Nematic molecules at photodimerized Surfaces. SPIE Preceedings, v.3635, p. 24-30 

33. Yu.A.Nastishin, R.D.Polak, S.V. Shiyanovskii and O.D.Lavrentovich. Determination of nematic polar anchoring from retardation versus voltage measurements. Appl.Phys.Lett., v.75, No 2, pp.202-204. 

34. Yu.A.Nastishin, R.D.Polak, S.V. Shiyanovskii, V.H.Bodnar and O.D.Lavrentovich. Nematic polar anchoring strength measured by electric field techniques. J.Appl.Phys., v.86, No 8, pp.4199-4213. 

35. I.I.Smalyukh, Yu.A.Nastishin. Optical polarization investigations of cholesteric blue phases. Ukrainian Fiz. Journal, v.45, No 8, pp.941-947 (2000)
36. Yu.A.Nastishin, O.B.Dovgyi, A.M.Kostruba. Optical study of the interface between the thermotropic L3 (sponge) phase and solid substrate. Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics, 1, No2, pp. 96-102 (2000) 

37. Yu.A.Nastishin, M.Kleman, J.Malthete, T.N.Nguyen. Identification of a TGB A phase via its defects, Eur.Phys.J E., 5, 353-357 (2001) 

38. Yu.A.Nastishin, O.B.Dovgyi. Optical conoscopy of distorted uniaxial liquid crystals., Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics, 2, N2, 98-106 (2001). 

39. Yu.A.Nastishin, O.G.Vlokh, O.B.Dovgyi, Computer simulation of conoscopic patterns for gyrotropic birefringent crystals. Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics, 2, N3, 133-140 (2001).

40. Yu.A.Nastishin, M.Kleman, O.B.Dovgyi. Textural and conoscopic studies of chiral liquid crystals possessing cholesteric – smectic A or cholesteric – TGBA –smectic A phase transitions. Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics. Vol.3.  ¹1. pp. 1 – 11(2002).

41. Nastishin Yu.A., Achard M.F., Nguyen H.T., Kleman M. Textural analysis of a mesophase with banana shaped molecules // Eur.Phys. J. E. – 2003. – 12. - P.581-591.

42. Asnacios S., Meyer C., Nastishin Yu. A., Kleman M. and Malthete J. Rheological properties of chiral liquid crystals possessing a cholesteric-smectic A transition // Liquid Crystals. – 2004. - 31, 4. -  P.593-599.

43. Pishnyak O.P., Nastishin Yu.A. and Lavrentovich O.D., Comment on "Self-organized periodic photonic structure in a nonchiral liquid crystal" // Phys. Rev. Lett. – 2004. – 93, 10. - P.109401-1.

44. Kleman M., Lavrentovich O.D. and Nastishin Yu.A. Dislocation and disclination in mesomorphic phases. In Dislocations in Solids. v.12. Ed. by F.R.N. Nabarro and J.P. Hirth. –Elsevier, 2004. - P. 147-271.

45. O.P.Pishnyak, Yu.A. Nastishin, O.B.Dovgyi, S.V.Shiyanovskii and O.D.Lavrentovich. Conoscopic Magnetic Null to measure the pretilt angle // Great Lakes Photonics Symposium, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 7-11 June, 2004. - Programme and Book of Presentations (on CD).

46. Nastishin Yu.A., Liu H., Shiyanovskii S.V., Lavrentovich O.D. and Kostko A., Anisimov M. Pretransitional fluctuations in the isotropic phase of a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal // Phys.Rev.E. – 2004. - 70. - P.051706:1-9.

47. Pansu B., Nastishin Y., Imperor-Clerc M., Veber M., Nguyen H. T. New Investigations on the tetragonal liquid crystalline phase or SmQ // Eur.Phys.J.E. – 2004. - 15. -  P.225-230 .

48. Achard M.-F., Kleman M., Nastishin Yu.A., Nguyen H.-T. Liquid crystall helical ribbons as isometric textures // Eur. Phys. J.E. – 2005. – 16. – P.37-47.

49.  M. Kleman, C.Meyer, Yu.A. Nastishin . Imperfections in Focal Conic Domains: The Role of Dislocations // ArXiv:cond-mat/0507024, v1, 1Jul 2005.

50. C.Meyer, Yu.A. Nastishin, M. Kleman. Transformations des domaines a coniques focales au voisinage de la transition Smectique A-Nematique // 12eme Colloque Francophone sur Cristaux Liquides,  13-16 Septembre, 2005. – Montpellier. France. Abstracts. – P.9 (O3).

51. O.Pishnyak, Yu. Nastishin, and O. D. Lavrentovich. Applications of SmA liquid crystals for light deflection. // Great Lakes Photonics Symposium, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 7-11 June, 2004; Liquid Crystals in Optics & Photonics conference, Fall 2005 Meetting of the Great Lakes SPIE Regional Chapter, October 27-28, 2005. - Kent, Ohio, USA. Abstracts and Programme

52. Nastishin Yu. A., Liu H., Schneider T., Nazarenko V., Vasyuta R., Shiyanovskii S.V. and Lavrentovich O.D. Optical characterization of the nematic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals: light absorption, birefringence, and scalar order parameter // Phys.Rev. E. – 2005. – 72, N4. – P.041711:1-14


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