High pressure studies on a nematogen with highly polar molecules: Evidence for a nematic-nematic transition

Current Science

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1056-1061

  Manjuladevi, V ^a   Madhusudana, N V ^a  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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