Are surfaces pertinent for describing some thermotropic liquid crystal phases?

Modern Physics Letters B

Volumn 13, Issue 22-23, 1999, Pages 769-782

  Pansu, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 0001093188     PISSN: 02179849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0217984999000968     Document Type: Short Survey

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