Photobleaching and reorientational dynamics of dyes in a nematic liquid crystal

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1850-1859

  Nollmann M ^a   Shalom D ^a   Etchegoin, P ^b   Sereni, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BALSEIRO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

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EID: 0343348361     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.1850     Document Type: Article

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