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Nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rates in liquid crystals

Results for deuterons in specifically deuteriated 4-n-pentyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl in both nematic and isotropic phases

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Pages 97-125 | Received 24 Mar 1986, Accepted 21 Apr 1986, Published online: 22 Aug 2006

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