Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) materials are of interest both for their potential in
display technology and the fascinating science found in liquid crystals confined to small …

Aerogels, due to their unique features like lightweight, ultra-low thermal conductivity, and
design variations, have gotten a lot of interest in thermal insulation, photocatalysis, and …

Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC) are widely used for electro-optic applications such
as flexible displays, privacy windows or projection displays. Besides these applications, the …

We present experimental and theoretical studies of the effects of quenched disorder on one-
dimensional crystal ordering in three dimensions. This fragile smectic liquid crystal layering …

High-resolution calorimetric studies have been made of the liquid crystal phase transitions
for several dispersions of 70-Å-diam silica spheres (aerosil) in octylcyanobiphenyl (8CB) as …

Magnetic resonance and calorimetric studies of 4'-n-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl confined to
Vycor glass, a random network of pores with average diameter∼ 70 Å, are reported. Under …

With rapidly expanding interest in liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers among the
liquid crystal community, researchers are currently exploring the wide range of possible …

Director textures and alignment of polydomain nematic elastomers under uniaxial extension
are described theoretically applying the concept of randomly quenched disorder introduced …

Orientational ordering is key to functional materials with switching capability, such as
nematic liquid crystals and ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials. We explored the …

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 …