Defects in liquid crystals

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 555-654

  Kleman, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 0001648355     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/52/5/002     Document Type: Review

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