Vlad Popa-Nita (Author), Ivan Gerlič (Author), Samo Kralj (Author)

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

tekoči kristali;nematični kristali;naključna polja;fazni prehodi;nered;liquid crystals;random fields;phase transition;disorder;nematic structures;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
Organization: UM FNM - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
UDC: 539.22:544.252.22
COBISS: 17229832 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1422-0067
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: tekoči kristali;nematični kristali;naključna polja;fazni prehodi;nered;
URN: URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS): Scientific work
Pages: str. 3971-4008
Volume: ǂIssue ǂ9
Issue: ǂVol. ǂ10
Chronology: 2009
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10093971
ID: 8723970