An overview is given of theory and experiments on liquid crystal phases which appear in
solutions of elongated colloidal particles or stiff polymers. The Onsager (1949) virial theory …

Computer simulation studies of hard body particles have played an important role in the
current understanding of the liquid crystalline behavior of systems composed of rodlike …

The nature of the possible liquid-crystalline phases that a molecular or colloidal system may
exhibit depends sensitively on the shape of the constituent particles. Recent computer …

The results of recent computer simulations on fluids of nonspherical hard-core particles are
discussed. New data are presented on the structure and dynamics of a system of hard …

A fluid of hard rods is considered as a model for nematic liquid crystals. A direct application
of the scaled particle approach results in an inconsistent thermodynamics. A simplified …

An improved treatment of the lattice model proposed in 1956 is presented for a system of
hard rods, with axial ratio x, dispersed in a diluent. Interparticle forces, apart from repulsions …

Using isobaric semigrand Monte Carlo simulations, we have investigated the phase
behavior of a model for polydisperse rodlike colloids. The system consists of hard …

The isotropic-nematic (IN) phase transition in dispersions of sterically stabilized rod-like
boehmite (AlOOH) colloids is studied. We have examined the influence of the steric …

The Onsager theory for the isotropic-anisotropic phase transition in a solution of rodlike
particles is extended tosolutions that contain a mixture of rodlikeand disklike particles …

This book gives a comprehensive description of the physical properties of lyotropic liquid
crystals. Structural features, phase transitions and phase diagrams are discussed in detail …