Twist-grain-boundary transitions in a chiral tolane compound

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Iannacchione, G S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 0348250418     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026782999205560     Document Type: Article

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