We present a brief review on the effect of phase transitions on liquid crystal colloids. The paper focuses on the evolution of dipolar, quadrupolar and boojum colloids and the ensuing elastic distortions of the director field across phase transitions between various phases, including N, SmA, SmC and N*. The role of pre-transitional and post-transitional elasticity on the resulting defect structure is discussed. Our review includes the results of structural transitions of two-dimensional colloidal assemblies due to the transformation of the defects across the phase transitions. Finally, we discuss some future perspectives on further studies.

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相变对液晶胶体的影响：简短回顾

我们目前对相变对液晶胶体的影响进行简要回顾。本文重点研究了偶极，四极和布儒姆胶体的演化，以及在不同相（包括N，SmA，SmC和N *）之间的相变过程中，指向矢场的随之而来的弹性变形。讨论了过渡前和过渡后弹性对所得缺陷结构的作用。我们的综述包括二维胶体组件由于相变中缺陷的转变而导致的结构转变的结果。最后，我们讨论了进一步研究的一些未来观点。