Edge dislocations of colloidal chains suspended in a nematic liquid crystal

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-181

  Loudet, J C ^a   Poulin, P ^a   Barois, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0035843468     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2001-00292-4     Document Type: Article

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