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Synthesis, phase transitions and birefringence of novel liquid crystalline 1,4-phenylene bis(4-alkylthio benzoates) and insights into the cybotactic nematic behaviour

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Pages 821-830 | Received 05 Jul 2017, Accepted 24 Sep 2017, Published online: 13 Oct 2017

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