The interplay of anisotropic molecular interactions, nonlinearities of the orientational field, and long-range orientational correlations make the physics of liquid crystals both challenging and fascinating. Liquid crystals are known for their dual nature, i.e. a high degree of the orientational order combined with a certain degree of fluidity. The liquid-crystalline order can be enhanced, perturbed, or destroyed in the presence of external fields (i.e., magnetic, electric field), thermodynamic conditions (i.e., temperature, pressure gradient), or surfaces forces (i.e., colloidal particles, confinement). In this thesis, we investigate the impact of the surface curvature on the liquid-crystalline order. In the simplest liquid-crystalline st...
This thesis is focused on the study of material transformations from the disordered state to the lam...
Viele Lebewesen bewegen sich, in dem sie ständig Energie aus einem inneren oder äußeren Energierese...
A considerable amount of mineral particles are found to have a plate-like shape. The work in this th...
Understanding microstructure-property relations has been the central task in material science for ce...
Bringt man ein Kolloid in eine geordnete, flüssigkristalline Phase, so wird es die Ordnung des flüss...
Adding interactions to topological (non-)trivial free fermion systems can in general have four diffe...
Adding interactions to topological (non-)trivial free fermion systems can in general have four diffe...
This thesis explores the statistical mechanics of idealized model systems of hard-core rods and “sti...
In this thesis, we focus attention on the effects of disorder in closed interacting quantum systems ...
Moderne Werkstoffe zeichnen sich oft durch ein breites Spektrum an maßgeschneiderten mechanischen, m...
In this thesis, we investigate two paradigmatic lattice systems far from thermal equilibrium by mean...
One of the main aspects of statistical mechanics is that the properties of a thermodynamics state po...
The manipulation of matter with ultrashort laser pulses is a relevant research field from both a fun...
Solidification of metallic melts is one of the most important processes in material science. The mic...
The present study analyzes wetting phenomena in electrolyte solutions. They are investigated by mean...
This thesis is focused on the study of material transformations from the disordered state to the lam...
Viele Lebewesen bewegen sich, in dem sie ständig Energie aus einem inneren oder äußeren Energierese...
A considerable amount of mineral particles are found to have a plate-like shape. The work in this th...
Understanding microstructure-property relations has been the central task in material science for ce...
Bringt man ein Kolloid in eine geordnete, flüssigkristalline Phase, so wird es die Ordnung des flüss...
Adding interactions to topological (non-)trivial free fermion systems can in general have four diffe...
Adding interactions to topological (non-)trivial free fermion systems can in general have four diffe...
This thesis explores the statistical mechanics of idealized model systems of hard-core rods and “sti...
In this thesis, we focus attention on the effects of disorder in closed interacting quantum systems ...
Moderne Werkstoffe zeichnen sich oft durch ein breites Spektrum an maßgeschneiderten mechanischen, m...
In this thesis, we investigate two paradigmatic lattice systems far from thermal equilibrium by mean...
One of the main aspects of statistical mechanics is that the properties of a thermodynamics state po...
The manipulation of matter with ultrashort laser pulses is a relevant research field from both a fun...
Solidification of metallic melts is one of the most important processes in material science. The mic...
The present study analyzes wetting phenomena in electrolyte solutions. They are investigated by mean...
This thesis is focused on the study of material transformations from the disordered state to the lam...
Viele Lebewesen bewegen sich, in dem sie ständig Energie aus einem inneren oder äußeren Energierese...
A considerable amount of mineral particles are found to have a plate-like shape. The work in this th...