Electroconvection in freely suspended smectic-[Formula Presented] and smectic-[Formula Presented] films

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 650-659

  Langer, C ^a   Stannarius, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 0000200392     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.650     Document Type: Article

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