Multilayer Anisotropic Thin Film with a Twist
ISSN: 1829-1171
Submitted: 2026-07-17
Natural Sciences, Physics, 2026
ONSAGER THEORY OF NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS DOPED WITH FERROELECTRIC NANOPARTICLES
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Abstract
The Onsager virial theory for the isotropic-nematic phase transition of thin rod-like nematic molecules doped with ferroelectric nanoparticles is treated comprehensively. An expression for free energy of the system as a whole is received. By applying the Lagrange multiplier method for variation of free energy expression the orientational distribution function of nematics in the presence of nanoparticles is obtained.