The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior

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...

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Autores principales: Popa-Nita, Vlad, Gerlič, Ivan, Kralj, Samo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19865529
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093971
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description 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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spelling pubmed-27691552009-10-28 The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior Popa-Nita, Vlad Gerlič, Ivan Kralj, Samo Int J Mol Sci Review 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. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009-09-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2769155/ /pubmed/19865529 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093971 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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title_full_unstemmed The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior
title_short The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior
title_sort influence of disorder on thermotropic nematic liquid crystals phase behavior
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769155/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093971
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