A simple molecular theory of smectic-C liquid crystals

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 505-511

  Govind, A S ^a,b   Madhusudana, N V ^a  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Vijaya College   (India)

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EID: 0035797344     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2001-00444-0     Document Type: Article

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