Local dynamics in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals studied by near-field scanning optical microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3515-3517

  Mei, Erwen ^a   Higgins, Daniel A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000868547     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.122822     Document Type: Article

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