Mesogenic materials exhibit a multitude of transitions involving new phases. Studies of
these phases are of importance in a wide range of scientific fields and as such have …

A unified Landau theory is introduced for the nematic, smectic A, and smectic C phases
using the director n→ for the nematic order parameter, the complex order parameter ψ for …

Phase diagram and X-ray studies of mixtures of 8OCB (cyanooctyloxybiphenyl) and 4O8
(butyloxybenzilidene octylaniline) and 8OCB and 6OCB (cyanohexyloxybiphenyl) …

Abstract The Maier-Saupe model of the nematic phase with an orientational order parameter
is extended to the smectic A phase by introducing a new order parameter, the amplitude of a …

The first edition of this book has been an acknowledged classic since its publication in 1974.
Its success and the great advances that have taken place in the ensuing years have made …

Calculations of the properties of some lattice models and continuum models of a hard rod
liquid with and without attractive energies are presented. The theory is of the “molecular …

From a phenomenological point of view, the basic physics underlying the phase transition
from an isotropic (“normal”) liquid to a nematic liquid crystal is well understood. At low …

The effective experimental critical exponents α, γ, ν∥, and ν⊥ obtained from high-resolution
heat capacity and x-ray studies of nematic–smectic-A transitions in liquid crystals are …

The system is a ternary mixture, decylammonium chloride (DAC1)/water/ammonium
chloride. At low temperature it exhibits a lamellar phase, with translational orderalong one …

Current understanding of different phases as well as the phase transitions between them
has only been achieved following recent theoretical advances on the effects of …