This review describes recent developments in the field of liquid–crystalline suspensions of
mineral nanoparticles. New families of chemical compounds have been investigated in the …

Hard models for particle interactions have played a crucial role in the understanding of the
structure of condensed matter. In particular, they help to explain the formation of oriented …

The isotropic–nematic phase behavior of length-polydisperse hard rods with arbitrary length
distributions is calculated. Within a numerical treatment of the polydisperse Onsager model …

Concentrated solutions of short blunt-ended DNA duplexes, as short as 6 base pairs, are
known to order into the nematic liquid crystal phases. This self-assembly is due to the …

In this article we review the mesogenic properties of the mineral liquid crystals (MLCs)
based on molecular nanowires: Li 2 Mo 6 Se 6; nanotubes: Imogolite and NaNb 2 PS 10; …

A novel model system for studying the behavior of hard colloidal rods is presented,
consisting of sterically stabilized particles of natural sepiolite clay. Electron microscopy and …

We demonstrate the strong dependency of the isotropic-nematic (IN) transition of discotic
suspensions on the aspect ratio (ξ= thickness/diameter) via control of the sizes of pristine …

We construct the complete liquid crystal phase diagram of hard plate-like cylinders for
variable aspect ratio using Onsager's second virial theory and employing the Parsons–Lee …

The interplay of the isotropic–nematic transition and phase separation in lyotropic solutions
of two types of semiflexible macromolecules with pronounced difference in chain stiffness is …

The results of an experimental study focused on the effect of added silica nanospheres on
the structure of an aqueous suspension of disc-shaped kaolinite particles are presented. In …