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Chirality Issues and Interesting Properties of Achiral and Racemic Materials with Bent Molecular Structures

Michael Hird Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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Yann Raoul Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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John W. Goodby Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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Helen Gleeson Department of Physics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Pages 95-100 | Received 01 Oct 2003, Published online: 07 Sep 2010

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