Photoinduced phase transitions in liquid crystalline systems

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 815-823

  Prasad, S Krishna ^a   Nair, Geetha G ^a   Sandhya, K L ^a   Shankar Rao, D S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES   (India)

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