We study the smectic to nematic (Sm AN) phase transition taking place at the center of a free-
standing film that exhibits enhanced surface order due to the anchoring promoted by a …

No presente trabalho, investigamos as transições de fase em sistemas líquido-cristalinos
que envolvem a fase esmética-C sob efeito de um campo elétrico externo. Inicialmente, foi …

Although Vorländer [1] reported the first synthesis of bent-shaped liquid crystals (LCs) more
than 60 years ago, they had not attracted much interest until the synthetic work of Matsunaga …

We employ a version of classical density functional theory to study the phase behavior of a
simple model liquid crystal in an external field. The uniaxially symmetric molecules have a …

In our study, the dielectric behaviour of the rod-like liquid crystal (6CHBT) doped with
magnetic nanoparticles of spherical shape was investigated by means of dielectric …

Ferronematics are stable colloidal suspensions of magnetic particles in nematic liquid
crystals. The presence of the magnetic particles enhances the magnetic susceptibility of …

Recently, a consistent molecular mean-field model has been developed by Raikher et al. for
the fieldinduced shift of the temperature of the equilibrium isotropic-nematic (IN) phase …

We have presented the results of various experiments on several central ring substituted
bent-core liquid crystals. We have synthesized a bent-core molecule that exhibits a nematic …

Topological defects plays an important role in many physical processes ranging from
morphogenesis of phase transitions in condensed matter system to the response to surface …

The nematic phase represents the most fluid liquid crystalline phase. The high shape
anisotropy and long range orientational order of constituent particles in this phase yields …