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Liquid Crystals Volume 42, 2015 - Issue 5-6: Commemorative Issue dedicated to George W Gray, CBE, FRS - Guest Editor: John W Goodby, FRS, Editor: Corrie T. Imrie
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The magic of cyanobiphenyls: celebrity molecules

D.A. DunmurSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 678-687 | Received 11 Oct 2014, Published online: 27 Mar 2015

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