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) …

Results of broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) studies of pure liquid crystalline (4-
pentyloxy-4-biphenylcarbonitryle) 5OCB and its nanocolloids with BaTiO 3 nanoparticles …

We theoretically study the generic mechanisms that could establish critical behavior in
nematic liquid crystals (NLCs). The corresponding free energy density terms should exhibit …

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 …

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 …

Abstract The particles-in-Liquid Crystals (LCs) composites have the capability to serve as
the promising candidate for enhancing the inherent characteristics of the LCs which can …

A high-resolution ac-calorimetric study on the weakly first-order isotropic to nematic (IN and
the continuous nematic to smectic-A (N-Sm A phase transitions of the liquid crystal octyl …

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 …

The complex dielectric permittivity ϵ* values are presented for aerosil-dispersed 4-pentyl-
4′-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) confined in Anopore membranes. The dielectric permittivities are …