Free-surface molecular command systems for photoalignment of liquid crystalline materials

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Fukuhara, Kei ^a   Nagano, Shusaku ^a   Hara, Mitsuo ^a   Seki, Takahiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84894374510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4320     Document Type: Article

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