Refusing to twist: Demonstration of a line hexatic phase in DNA liquid crystals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3105-3108

  Strey, H H ^a,b   Wang, J ^c,f   Podgornik, R ^b,g   Rupprecht, A ^d   Yu, L ^e   Parsegian, V A ^b   Sirota, E B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^f EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 0000857395     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3105     Document Type: Article

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