Experimental study of prewetting transitions by systematic variation of the surface field at nematic liquid crystal/water interfaces

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Bahr, Ch ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

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EID: 78649300653     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: 12864854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/88/46001     Document Type: Article

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