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Liquid-crystalline and glass-forming dimers derived from 1-aminopyrene

George S. Attard Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO9 5NH, England
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Corrie T. Imrie Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO9 5NH, England
Pages 785-789 | Received 31 Oct 1991, Accepted 19 Jan 1992, Published online: 24 Sep 2006

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