The study of thermophysical properties is of great importance in several scientific fields.
Among them, the heat capacity, for example, is related to the microscopic structure of …

This review describes the recent advancements in the field of the vertical aligned (VA) liquid
crystal displays. The process and formation of different vertical alignment modes such as …

A photopyroelectric technique has been applied to the study of specific heat and thermal
conductivity of homeotropically aligned mixtures of small quartz spheres (aerosil) and …

The dielectric properties of SiO 2 nanoparticles and their mixture with Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles
in 5CB liquid crystal were studied by using capacitance-voltage measurements. The …

Dispersions of silica spheres (aerosil) in octylcyanobiphenyl (8 CB) liquid crystal were
investigated with deuteron NMR. For the lowest silica density dispersions, there is a field …

The effect of confinement on liquid crystal phase transitions was investigated in mixtures of
the liquid crystal heptylcyanobiphenyl with hydrophilic aerosils. The influence of the aerosil …

We demonstrate a silica-nanoparticle-doped hybrid-aligned nematic device, which can be
operated in the dynamic mode and the multistable mode. Under ac voltage excitation, the …

The effect of disorder in the behavior of liquid crystal (LC) is assessed and controlled by
dispersing known amounts of silica aerosil in the liquid crystal material. Using deuteron …

A detailed x-ray scattering and high-resolution ac calorimetric study has been carried out
near the smectic-A to chiral smectic-C phase transition of liquid-crystal compounds 4-(2 …

Composite polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films with ZnS: Mn nanoparticles both
modified and unmodified were firstly prepared from liquid crystal (LC)/nanoparticle …