Full name:
Pavel Vladimirovich Dolganov

Address:
Institute of Solid State Physics
Russian Academy of Sciences
142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russia
Email: pauldol@issp.ac.ru
Fax: +7-496-5249701

Date and place of birth:
4 July 1978, Chernogolovka, USSR

Education:
1995–2001: Graduate student, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
2001–2004: Post-graduate student, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Candidate of Sciences' thesis (February 2004): Phase transitions and orientational defects in thin freely suspended films of smectic liquid crystals

Academic positions:
2001–2004: Junior Research Associate, Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
2004–2008: Research Associate, Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Since 2008: Senior Research Associate, Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Specialization and research field:
liquid crystals, partially ordered systems, phase transitions, topological defects, self-organization phenomena

Publications:

1. P. V. Dolganov, G. S. Ksyonz, V. E. Dmitrienko, and V. K. Dolganov, Description of optical properties of cholesteric photonic liquid crystals based on Maxwell equations and Kramers-Kronig relations, Phys. Rev. E 87, 032506 (2013).
2. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, and E. I. Kats, Field-induced transitions between multilayer phases of polar smectic liquid crystals, Phys. Rev. E 86, 020701(R) (2012).
3. P. V. Dolganov, V. K. Dolganov, and P. Cluzeau, Structure of π- and 2π-walls in smectic films, Pis'ma v ZhETF 96, 347–351 (2012).
4. P. V. Dolganov, Landau Model of the Phase Transitions for Description of Commensurate Polar Smectic Structures, Ferroelectrics 431, 21–31 (2012).
5. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, E.I. Kats, Laws of formation of polar smectic phases under a frustrated interaction, JETP 115, 1140-1150 (2012).
6. P. V. Dolganov, K. I. Belov, V. K. Dolganov, Two-stage crystallization on the surface of smectic nanofilms, Pis’ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 93, 813-817 (2011) [JETP Lett. 93, 731-735 (2011)].
7. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, and E. I. Kats, Manifold of polar smectic liquid crystals with spatial modulation of the order parameter, Phys. Rev. E 83, 061705 (2011).
8. J.-C. Loudet, P.V. Dolganov, P. Patricio, H. Saadaoui, and P. Cluzeau, Undulation Instabilities in the Meniscus of Smectic Membranes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 117802 (2011).
9. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, and E. I. Kats, Commensurate polar smectic structures with a two-component order parameter, Phys. Rev. E 82, 040701(R) (2010).
10. P. V. Dolganov, E. I. Kats, and P. Cluzeau, Stepwise transition of a topological defect from the smectic film to the boundary of a dipolar inclusion, Phys. Rev. E 81, 031709 (2010).
11. P. V. Dolganov and V. M. Zhilin, Unwinding of the antiferroelectric helix in an electric field, Phys. Rev. E 81, 051704 (2010).
12. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, E. I. Kats, Formation and Structure of a Soliton in an Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystal in an Electric Field, Pis'ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 89, 181–187 (2009) [JETP Lett. 89, 161–166 (2009)].
13. P. V. Dolganov, V. K. Dolganov and P. Cluzeau, Behavior of Inclusions with Different Value and Orientation of Topological Dipoles in Ferroelectric Smectic Films, Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 136, 197 (2009) [JETP 109, 169 (2009)].
14. P. V. Dolganov, E. I. Kats, V. K. Dolganov, and P. Cluzeau, Dimer structures formed in smectic films by inclusions with parallel and antiparallel topological dipole moments, Pis'ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 90(5), 424–428 (2009) [JETP Lett. 90, 382–386 (2009)].
15. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, E. I. Kats, Ferrielectric smectic with layer-by-layer change of the two-component order parameter, Pis'ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 87, 301 (2008) [JETP Lett. 87, 242 (2008)].
16. P. V. Dolganov, H. T. Nguyen, G. Joly, V. K. Dolganov and P. Cluzeau, Different mechanisms of nucleation and self-organization of droplets in ferroelectric smectic membranes, Eur. Phys. J. E 25, 31 (2008).
17. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, Field-induced structures and transitions in chiral antiferroelectric liquid crystals, Phys. Rev. E 77, 031703 (2008).
18. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, E. I. Kats, Unwinding in electric filed of ferroelectric helix in thin layers of Smectic-С* at soft and rigid anchoring of molecules, Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 134, 614–620 (2008) [JETP 107, 526–531 (2008)].
19. P. V. Dolganov, and P. Cluzeau, Influence of chirality on director configuration and droplet interaction in ferroelectic free standing films, Phys. Rev. E 78, 021701 (2008).
20. P. V. Dolganov, H. T. Nguyen, E. I. Kats, V. K. Dolganov, and P. Cluzeau, Rearrangement of topological defects and anchoring on the inclusion boundary in ferroelectric smectic membranes, Phys. Rev. E 75, 031706 (2007).
21. P. V. Dolganov, H. T. Nguyen, G. Joly, V. K. Dolganov, and P. Cluzeau, Shape of nematic droplets in smectic membranes, Europhys. Lett. 78, 66001-p1–66001-p5 (2007).
22. A. V. Bazhenov, T. N. Fursova, N. N. Kolesnikov, D. N. Borisenko, A. V. Timonina, A. N. Turanov, V. E. Baulin, P. V. Dolganov and Yu. A. Osip’yan, Electronic and vibrational spectra of a gel of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an ionic liquid, Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics. 71, 660–662 (2007).
23. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Masalov, E. N. Samarov, V. E. Dmitrienko, V. K. Dolganov, and G. A. Emel’chenko, Dispersion of Light in Opal Photonic Crystal, Physics of the Solid State 49, 1700–1703 (2007).
24. P. V. Dolganov, H. T. Nguyen, G. Joly, E. I. Kats, V. K. Dolganov and P. Cluzeau, Stability of a Free-Standing Liquid-Crystal Film: The Measurement of the Interaction between the Film Surfaces, Zh. Exp. Theor. Phys. 132, 756–764 (2007) [JETP 105, 665–672 (2007)].
25. P. V. Dolganov, K. I. Belov, V. K. Dolganov, E. I. Demikhov, B. M. Bolotin, and E. I. Kats, Structures and orientational transitions in thin smectic films of tilted hexatic, Zh. Exp. Theor. Phys. 129, 700 (2006) [JETP 102, 616 (2006)].
26. P. V. Dolganov, H. T. Nguyen, G. Joly, V. K. Dolganov, and P. Cluzeau, Ferroelectricity-induced effects in interaction and self-organization of inclusions in smectic membranes, Europhys. Lett. 76(2), 250 (2006).
27. P. V. Dolganov and V.K. Dolganov, Director configuration and self-organization of inclusions in two-dimensional smectic membranes, Phys. Rev. E 73, 041706 (2006).
28. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Masalov, E. N. Samarov, V. E. Dmitrienko, V. K. Dolganov, G. A. Emel'chenko, Photonic stop bands in opal films and crystalline liquids, SPIE Proceedings 6182, 61822B (2006).
29. F. Bougrioua, P. Cluzeau, P. Dolganov, G. Joly, H. T. Nguyen, and V. Dolganov, Light-Induced Layer by Layer Thickening in Photosensitive Liquid Crystal Membranes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 027802 (2005).
30. P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, G.  Joly, V. K. Dolganov, and H. T. Nguyen. Interaction of surfaces in smectic membranes and their instability near thinning transitions, Phys. Rev. E 72, 031713 (2005).
31. P. V. Dolganov, B. M. Bolotin, and Atsuo Fukuda, 2π and π walls in antiferroelectric Smectic‑C*_A and Smectic-C free-standing films, Phys. Rev. E 70, 041708 (2004).
32. P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, V. K. Dolganov, C. Gors, and H. T. Nguyen, Anticlinic-Synclinic Transitions in Superthin Free-Standing Smectic Films, Pis'ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 80, 311–315 (2004) [JETP Lett. 80, 280–284 (2004)].
33. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, E. I. Kats, Structures and phase transitions in polar smectic liquid crystals, Phys. Rev. E 67, 041716 (2003).
34. P. V. Dolganov and B. M. Bolotin, Orientational Defects in Freely Suspended Smectic C Films, Pis'ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 77, 503 (2003) [JETP Lett. 77, 429 (2003)].
35. P. V. Dolganov, E. I. Demikhov, V. K. Dolganov, B. M. Bolotin, K. Krohn, Collective behavior of light-induced droplets in smectic membranes, Eur. Phys. J. E 12, 593 (2003).
36. P. V. Dolganov, E. I. Demikhov, Y. Suzuki, and A. Fukuda, Temperature- and Field-Induced Transitions in Free-Standing Films of Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystal, Zh. Exp. Theor. Phys. 122, 840–848 (2002) [JETP 95, 728–735 (2002)].
37. P. V. Dolganov, Y. Suzuki, A. Fukuda, Structural transitions in thin free-standing films of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal exhibiting the smectic-C_α* phase in the bulk sample, Phys. Rev. E 65, 031702 (2002).
38. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. E. Dmitrienko, and E. I. Kats, Polar Smectic Subphases: Phase Diagrams, Structures and X-ray Scattering, Pis'ma Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 76, 579 (2002) [JETP Lett. 76, 498 (2002)].
39. V. M. Masalov, K. A. Aldushin, P. V. Dolganov, G. A. Emel'chenko, SiO₂-Microspheres Ordering in 2D Structures, Phys. Low-Dim. Struct. 5/6, 45 (2001).
40. P. V. Dolganov, J. W. Goodby, A. Seed, Optical reflectivity study of synclinic and anticlinic structures in thin freely suspended smectic films, Eur. Phys. J. E 3, 7 (2000).

1. * P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, E. I. Kats, Multilayer phases and microphases in polar smectic liquid crystals, 24th International Liquid Crystal Conference, August 19-24, 2012, Mainz, Germany, Abstracts, 5551_0286.
2. * P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, Self-Organized Structures from Particles in Free-Standing Smectic Films, 24th International Liquid Crystal Conference, August 19-24, 2012, Mainz, Germany, Abstracts, 5551_0338.
3. ** P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, and E. I. Kats, Polar smectic liquid crystals with two-component order parameter, 13th International Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Conference, Niagara Falls, Canada, 28 August – 02 September 2011, Abstracts, TM-I-03.
4. * P.V. Dolganov, V.M. Zhilin, V.K. Dolganov, and E.I. Kats, Polar smectic phases with many-component order parameter, 11th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Maribor, Slovenia, February 6-11, 2011.
5. P.V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, Design of ordered structures based on inclusion self-organisation in free-standing smectic films, 11th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Maribor, Slovenia, February 6-11, 2011.
6. * P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, Antiferroelectric liquid crystal in electric field, XVIII Advanced Display Technologies Workshop, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, September 27 – October 1 2010.
7. * P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, Self-organization of inclusions with various topological charge and topological dipole moment in smectic films, 10th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, April 19–24, 2009, Colmar, France.
8. V. K. Dolganov, P. V. Dolganov, Dynamic and static electro-optic effects in Blue Phases, 10th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, April 19–24, 2009, Colmar, France.
9. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, E. I. Kats, Transformation of the antiferroelectric structure in electric field, 10th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, April 19–24, 2009, Colmar, France.
10. ** P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, Manipulation of interaction and self-organization of inclusions in free-standing smectic films, 36th German Topical Meeting on Liquid Crystals, March 12–14, 2008, Magdeburg, Germany.
11. * P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, Manipulation of the interparticle interaction and rearrangement of topological defects on the inclusion boundary in ferroelectric smectic films, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, June 29 – July 4, 2008, Jeju, Korea.
12. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, and V. K. Dolganov, Unwinding antiferroelectric helix in electric field and peculiarity of the antiferroelectric soliton, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, June 29 – July 4 2008, Jeju, Korea.
13. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, V. K. Dolganov, Transformation of chiral antiferroelectric liquid crystal in electric field, European Conference on Liquid Crystals, 2–6 July 2007, Lisbon, Portugal.
14. P. V. Dolganov, H. T. Nguyen, G. Joly, V. K. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, Transition from dipole-dipole to quadrupole-quadrupole inclusion interaction in smectic films, European Conference on Liquid Crystals, 2–6 July 2007, Lisbon, Portugal.
15. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Masalov, E. N. Samarov, G. A. Emel'chenko, Photonic stop bands in opal films and crystalline liquids, Photonics Europe, April 2–7, 2006, Strasbourg, France.
16. * P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, G. Joly, V. K. Dolganov, H. T. Nguyen, Interaction of surfaces of thin smectic molecular films and their instability at high temperatures, XIIIth International Conference “Surface Forces”, June 28 – July 4, 2006, Moscow, Russia
17. P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, G. Joly, V. K. Dolganov, H. T. Nguyen, Structure of colloidal particles and their self-organisation in thin molecular films, XIIIth International Conference “Surface Forces”, June 28 – July 4, 2006, Moscow, Russia.
18. * P. V. Dolganov, V. K. Dolganov, Director configuration and formation of superstructures from inclusions in smectic membranes. 8th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, February 27 – March 4 2005, Sesto, Italy.
19. P. V. Dolganov and V. M. Zhilin. Structures and phase diagrams of polar liquid crystals in electric field. 8th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, February 27 – March 4, 2005, Sesto, Italy.
20. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, and V. K. Dolganov. Antiferroelectric liquid crystals in electric field: phase diagrams, formation of distorted wound and unwound structures, solitons. 10th Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals, September 12 – September 17, 2005, Stare Jablonki, Poland.
21. P. V. Dolganov and V. M. Zhilin, Field-induced transitions in antiferroelectric smectic liquid crystals, 20th International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 4 – 9 2004, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
22. P. V. Dolganov, B. M. Bolotin, Atsuo Fukuda, Elastic modulus and polarization in antiferroelectric SmCA* free-standing films, 20th International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 4 – 9 2004, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
23. * P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, G. Joly, H. T. Nguyen, Antiferroelectric-ferroelectric transition in superthin films, 10th International Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, September 13–19, 2003, Aussois, France.
24. P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, G. Joly, V. K. Dolganov, E. I. Demikhov, Optical investigations of inclusion-induced distortions and interparticle interactions in ordered free-standing smectic C films, 10th International Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, September 13–19, 2003, Aussois, France.
25. * P. V. Dolganov, P. Cluzeau, G. Joly, V. K. Dolganov, and E. I. Demikhov, Interaction and self-organization of inclusions resulting from interface ordering in molecular films, XVI European Chemistry at Interfaces Conference, May 14–18, 2003, Vladimir, Russia.
26. P. V. Dolganov, V. K. Dolganov, Surface ordering and defects in superthin molecular films, XVI European Chemistry at Interfaces Conference, May 14–18, 2003, Vladimir, Russia.
27. * P. V. Dolganov, V. K. Dolganov, Linear defects in freely suspended smectic С films in magnetic field, 7th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, 6–11 April, 2003, Jaca, Spain.
28. P. V. Dolganov, V. M. Zhilin, E. I. Kats, Possibility of a smectic-С structure formed by change of the phase and the modulus of the order parameter, 7th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, 6–11 April, 2003, Jaca, Spain.
29. P. V. Dolganov, E. I. Demikhov, V. K. Dolganov, K. Krohn, Self-organization of light-induced inclusions in smectic films, 7th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, 6–11 April, 2003, Jaca, Spain.

Grants:
INTAS Young Scientist Fellowship 2007–2008
Grant of the President of Russian Federation 2005–2006
Grant of the President of Russian Federation 2007–2008
Grant of the Russian Science Support Foundation 2007–2008
Grant of the President of Russian Federation 2011–2012
Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research 2011–2013

International cooperation:
Invited professor, Université Bordeaux I, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Pessac, France (June 2009)
Invited professor, Université Bordeaux I, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Pessac, France (October–November 2009)
Invited professor, Université Bordeaux I, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Pessac, France (March–June 2010)
Invited professor, Université Bordeaux I, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Pessac, France (May–June 2011)

Teaching:
Structure and Properties of Liquid Crystals, one-year course at Moscow State University
Ordering and Symmetry in Condensed Media, half-year course at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology