Critical point for the blue-phase-III–isotropic phase transition in chiral liquid crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 4955-4963

  Kutnjak, Zdravko ^a   Garland, Carl W ^a   Schatz, Colin G ^b   Collings, Peter J ^b   Booth, Christopher J ^c   Goodby, John W ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001393128     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.53.4955     Document Type: Article

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