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Cholesterol-based dimeric liquid crystals: synthesis, mesomorphic behaviour of frustrated phases and DFT study

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Pages 468-481 | Received 16 Oct 2012, Accepted 09 Dec 2012, Published online: 07 Jan 2013

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