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Surface tensions of smectic liquid crystals

H. Schüring Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften, Linnéstr. 5, Leipzig 04103, Germany
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C. Thieme Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften, Linnéstr. 5, Leipzig 04103, Germany
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R. Stannarius Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften, Linnéstr. 5, Leipzig 04103, Germany
Pages 241-252 | Received 01 Sep 2001, Published online: 06 Aug 2010

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