Fluctuations dominate the phase diagram of chiral nematic liquid crystals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1457-1460

  Englert, J ^a   Longa, L ^a,b   Stark, H ^a   Trebin, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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EID: 4243651367     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1457     Document Type: Article

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