Impact of Weak Nanoparticle Induced Disorder on Nematic Ordering

Impact of Weak Nanoparticle Induced Disorder on Nematic Ordering

Dilute mixtures of nanoparticles (NPs) and nematic liquid crystals (LCs) are considered. We focus on cases where NPs enforce a relatively weak disorder to the LC host. We use a Lebwohl-Lasher semi-microscopic-type modeling where we assume that NPs effectively act as a spatially-dependent external fi...

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Main Authors: Dejvid Črešnar, Christina Kyrou, Ioannis Lelidis, Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska, Szymon Starzonek, Sylwester Janusz Rzoska, Zdravko Kutnjak, Samo Kralj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Crystals
Subjects:
phase behaviour
weak disorder
orientational order
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/9/3/171

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