Discrete thinning of free-standing smectic films in the de Gennes "pre-smectic liquid" model

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-39

  Gorodetskii E E ^a   Pikina, E S ^a   Podnek, V E ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 22444453446     PISSN: 10637761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/1.558760     Document Type: Article

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