Double twist in helical polymer “soft” crystals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 4558-4561

  Li, Christopher Y ^a   Cheng, Stephen Z D ^a   Ge, Jason J ^a   Bai, Feng ^a   Zhang, John Z ^a   Mann, Ian K ^a   Harris, Frank W ^a   Chien, Lang Chy ^b   Yan, Donghang ^c   He, Tianbai ^c   Lotz, Bernard ^d  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^d INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

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EID: 0000336947     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4558     Document Type: Article

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