Topological defects in dispersed words and worlds around liquid crystals, or liquid crystal drops

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-126

  Lavrentovich, O D ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000781195     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026782998207640     Document Type: Article

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