Photocontrolled nanophase segregation in a liquid-crystal solvent

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6722, 1999, Pages 54-57

  Lansac, Yves ^a,c   Glaser, Matthew A ^a   Clark, Noel A ^a   Lavrentovich, Oleg D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOMERISM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOACTIVATION; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033522125     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17995     Document Type: Article

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