It is shown that lattice-model approximations for liquid crystals agree qualitatively with experiment only if rotational invariance is maintained. Results for simple models satisfying this criterion indicate that the isotropic-nematic phase transition is weakly first order.
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Richard G. Priest (1971) studied this question.
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