Antiferroelectricity and Chiral Order in New Liquid Crystals of Nonchiral Molecules Studied by Optical Second Harmonic Generation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 4408-4411

  Macdonald, R ^a   Kentischer, F ^a   Warnick, P ^a   Heppke, G ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0001742975     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4408     Document Type: Article

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