Stationary statistical size distribution of nematic droplets in the course of the isotropic liquid-nematic phase transition

摘要

The statistical size distribution of nematic droplets in the course of the phase transition isotropic liquid-nematic has been analysed using polarizing optical microscopy and described by the model of reversible aggregation. The materials under investigation are low molecular mass nematics, polymeric nematics and polymer dispersed liquid crystals observed at their clearing temperatures in the stationary time regime.