Meniscus and dislocations in free-standing films of smectic-A liquid crystals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1924-1927

  Géminard, Jean Christophe ^a   Holyst, Robert ^b   Oswald, Patrick ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physique UMR CNRS ENSL   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

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EID: 0038506645     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1924     Document Type: Article

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