Biaxial nematic and smectic-A boundaries in thin planar samples of 8OCB aligned by rubbed polyimide

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-116

  Beaubois, F ^a   Marcerou, J P ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL   (France)

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EID: 0030510673     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1996-00195-4     Document Type: Article

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