This chapter reviews the main experimental and theoretical results that account for the
existence and characterisation of the biaxial nematic phase in lyotropic mixtures. It …

The study of optical textures of thin liquid crystal films under varying boundary conditions by
polarising microscopy is one of the fundamental tools of liquid crystal research and …

Structural studies of condensed matter are conveniently performed using scattering
techniques [1–3]. By recording the scattered intensity as a function of the scattering direction …