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Review

The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior

by
Vlad Popa-Nita
1,*,
Ivan Gerlič
2 and
Samo Kralj
2
1
Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, P. O. Box MG-11, Bucharest 077125, Romania
2
Laboratory Physics of Complex Systems, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia and Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
*
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 10(9), 3971-4008; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093971
Submission received: 15 July 2009 / Revised: 7 August 2009 / Accepted: 14 August 2009 / Published: 10 September 2009
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Liquid Crystals)
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Abstract

We review the theoretical research on the influence of disorder on structure and phase behavior of condensed matter system exhibiting continuous symmetry breaking focusing on liquid crystal phase transitions. We discuss the main properties of liquid crystals as adequate systems in which several open questions with respect to the impact of disorder on universal phase and structural behavior could be explored. Main advantages of liquid crystalline materials and different experimental realizations of random field-type disorder imposed on liquid crystal phases are described.
Keywords: liquid crystals; random field; phase transitions; disorder; nematic-impurities mixture liquid crystals; random field; phase transitions; disorder; nematic-impurities mixture

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Popa-Nita, V.; Gerlič, I.; Kralj, S. The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 10, 3971-4008. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093971

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Popa-Nita V, Gerlič I, Kralj S. The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2009; 10(9):3971-4008. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093971

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Popa-Nita, Vlad, Ivan Gerlič, and Samo Kralj. 2009. "The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 10, no. 9: 3971-4008. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093971

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Popa-Nita, V., Gerlič, I., & Kralj, S. (2009). The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 10(9), 3971-4008. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms10093971

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