On some important chapters in the history of liquid crystals

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1698-1729

  Lagerwall, Sven T ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bouligand; de Gennes; Friedel; Grandjean; history of liquid crystals; Mauguin; Oseen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890568060     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2013.831134     Document Type: Article

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