Abstract
ABSTRACT A mean-field theory is presented to describe the sol-gel (SGT) and nematic-isotropic phase transitions (NIT) in mixtures of thermoreversible reactive molecules and low-molecular-weight liquid crystalline molecules (LCs). By incorporating anisotropic interactions between the LC and gel, phase diagrams are calculated on the temperature-concentration plane. The theory predicts four distinct phases: isotropic sol, isotropic gel, nematic sol, and nematic gel. Furthermore, it identifies a critical point within the gel phase. The theoretical predictions are qualitatively consistent with experimental observations.
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