High birefringence and wide nematic range bis-tolane liquid crystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 344-346

  Wu, Shin Tson ^a   Hsu, C S ^b   Shyu, K F ^b  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0000805619     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123066     Document Type: Article

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