A Siamese neural network framework for glass transition recognition

A Siamese neural network, which is a deep learning technique, was applied to investigate phase transitions based on polarising microscopic textures of liquid crystals like: antiferroelectric smectic CA* phase and its glass, smectic I phase and its glass, and smectic G and its glass. It is an example of a subtle transition without significant structural changes, where textures above and below the glass transition temperature are similar. The Siamese neural network could distinguish textures of the chosen liquid crystal phases from a glass of that phase. This publication provides details of the Siamese neural network and its implementation based on three different convolutional neural networks has been tested. A Siamese neural network, a deep learning technique, was utilized to distinguish selected liquid crystal phases (antiferroelectric smectic CA*, smectic I, and smectic G) from their corresponding glasses.