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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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Invited Article

Twist-bend nematic phase of the liquid crystal dimer CB7CB: orientational order and conical angle determined by 129Xe and 2H NMR spectroscopy

Jukka P. JokisaariNMR Research Group, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Geoffrey R. LuckhurstChemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK
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Bakir A. TimimiChemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK
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Jianfeng ZhuNMR Research Group, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Herbert ZimmermannMax-Planck-Institute für Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany
Pages 708-721 | Received 21 Mar 2015, Published online: 26 Jun 2015

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