Biaxial phases in mineral liquid crystals

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 342-352

  Vroege, Gert Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biaxial nematic; biaxial smectic; colloid; mineral; nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897644622     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2013.818169     Document Type: Article

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