Abstract

The problem of the orientational ordering transition for lattice-gas models of liquid crystals is discussed in the low-dimensional case d = 1, 2. For isotropic short-range interactions, orientational long-range order at finite temperature is excluded for any packing of molecules on the lattice Z d ; on the other hand, for reflection-positive long-range isotropic interactions, we prove the existence of an orientational ordering transition for high packing ( μ > μ 0) and low temperatures ( β > β c( μ)).

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