Spatial confinement in nanoporous media affects the structure, thermodynamics and mobility
of molecular soft matter often markedly. This article reviews thermodynamic equilibrium …

We present a review of experimental, theoretical, and molecular simulation studies of
confinement effects on freezing and melting. We consider both simple and more complex …

Liquid crystals are fluids with a directionality defined. Polymers are long molecules with a
shape that can be changed. As a network, polymers form rubber-a soft solid that is locally …

We present a calorimetric study of the phase behavior of octylcyanobiphenyl (8CB) liquid
crystal confined to a controlled-pore glass (CPG). We used CPG matrices with characteristic …

A pearl's distinguished beauty and toughness are attributable to the periodic stacking of
aragonite tablets known as nacre. Nacre has naturally occurring mesoscale periodicity that …

The optical birefringence of rodlike nematogens (7CB, 8CB), imbibed in parallel silica
channels with 10 nm diameter and 300 μ m length, is measured and compared to the …

Fractals are remarkable examples of self-similarity where a structure or dynamic pattern is
repeated over multiple spatial or time scales. However, little is known about how fractal …

Comprehensive x-ray scattering studies have characterized the smectic ordering of
octylcyanobiphenyl (8CB) confined in the hydrogen-bonded silica gels formed by aerosil …

A nematic liquid-crystal gel is a macroscopically homogeneous elastic medium with the
rotational symmetry of a nematic liquid crystal. In this paper, we develop a general approach …

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