The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior
| Autor: | Ivan Gerlič, Vlad Popa-Nita, Samo Kralj |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Phase transition
Materials science Theoretical research Review Thermotropic crystal Phase Transition Catalysis lcsh:Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry liquid crystals Liquid crystal random field Phase (matter) Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Anisotropy lcsh:QH301-705.5 Molecular Biology nematic-impurities mixture Spectroscopy Random field Condensed matter physics Organic Chemistry disorder General Medicine phase transitions Computer Science Applications Crystallography lcsh:Biology (General) lcsh:QD1-999 Models Chemical Continuous symmetry Thermodynamics Algorithms |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 9, Pp 3971-4008 (2009) |
| ISSN: | 1422-0067 |
| Popis: | We review the theoretical research on the influence of disorder on structure and phase behavior of condensed matter system exhibiting continuous symmetry breaking focusing on liquid crystal phase transitions. We discuss the main properties of liquid crystals as adequate systems in which several open questions with respect to the impact of disorder on universal phase and structural behavior could be explored. Main advantages of liquid crystalline materials and different experimental realizations of random field-type disorder imposed on liquid crystal phases are described. |
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