We discuss recent developments and present new findings on the structural and phase
properties of dipolar model fluids influenced by various external perturbations. We …

Recent experimental and theoretical efforts have focused on using liquid-crystal systems as
a test bed for understanding the statistical mechanics of quenched random disorder. In …

To investigate size and capping agent-dependent alignment and electro-optic effects of
quantum dots (QDs) in nematic LCs, mixtures of a nematic phenylpyrimidine LC (LC1) …

We analyze the response of a nematic liquid-crystal film, confined between parallel walls, to
the presence of nanoscopic particles adsorbed at the walls. This is done for a variety of …

High-resolution calorimetric techniques have substantially contributed in characterising and
understanding the delicate thermal behaviour near many phase transitions in liquid crystals …

We present a neutron scattering analysis of the structure of the smectic liquid crystal
octylcyanobiphenyl (8CB) confined in one-dimensional nanopores of porous silicon films …

We examine for the first time how chemically and thermally stable gold nanoparticles (NPs),
prepared by a silane conjugation approach, affect both the thermal and the electro-optical …

High-resolution ac calorimetry has been carried out on dispersions of aerosils in the liquid
crystal octyloxycyanobiphenyl (8OCB) as a function of aerosil concentration and …

We present a high-resolution study of the isotropic to nematic phase transition of a low
birefringence liquid-crystal compound incorporating an aerosil gel. Calorimetry, light …

The antiferromagnetic mixed valence ternary oxide α-CoV 3 O 8 displays disorder on the Co
2+ site that is inherent to the I bam space group resulting in a local selection rule requiring …