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We study the nature of the nematic to smectic-A phase transition under confinement conditions in the context of Landau-de Gennes theory. The effect of quenched disorder on the nematic to smectic-A transition temperature, order parameter, enthalpy, and thermal hysteresis are discussed followed by phase diagrams. The tricritical behavior of the nematic to smectic-A phase under confinement conditions is predicted.

Landau-de Gennes theory of the nematic to smectic—A phase transition under confinement conditions