Review of liquid-crystal phase transitions with quenched random disorder

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 222-223, Issue , 2004, Pages 177-187

  Iannacchione, Germano S ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

61.10. i; 61.30.Eb; 64.70.Md; Liquid crystals; Nematics; Phase transitions; Quenched random disorder; Smectics

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PORE SIZE; QUENCHING; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

QUENCHED RANDOM DISORDERS; SECOND-ORDER NEMATICS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; EMBEDDING; GEL; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICS; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; RANDOMIZATION; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 4344598379     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2004.06.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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