| Condensed Matter Physics, 2005, vol. 8, No. 4(44), p. 785-792, English DOI:10.5488/CMP.8.4.785
 
 Title:
Thermal fluctuations of director orientation in nematic liquid
crystals with inclusions
Author(s):
 
    |   | A.N.Vasil'ev
        
            (Taras Shevchenko Kiev University, Physics
            Department, 2 Glushkov Prosp., Building 1, Kyiv 03680, Ukraine)
        , |  
    |   | I.P.Pinkevich
        
            (Taras Shevchenko Kiev University, Physics
            Department, 2 Glushkov Prosp., Building 1, Kyiv 03680, Ukraine; School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052,
            Australia)
        ,
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We investigate thermal fluctuations of order parameters (director
        for mesomorphic subsystem and density for isomorphic liquid) in
        filled liquid crystal. We consider finite-size system with
        geometry of plane-parallel layer with zero boundary condition. We
        use a special model that takes into account the interaction of
        mesomorphic and isotropic subsystems and find general expressions
        for pair correlators. Based on these expressions we calculate the
        shift of critical temperature of isotropic liquid due to the
        interaction with the mesomorphic subsystem and space limitation.
 
Key words: 
liquid crystal, impurity, pair correlation, critical
        temperature
PACS: 
61.30.-v, 61.30.Gd, 64.70.Md
 
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