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Screw Disclinations in Nematic Samples with Cylindrical Symmetry

C. E. Williams Service de Physique des Solides, Centre d'Etudes Nueléaires, 91, Saclay, France; Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Associé au, CNRS Université de, Paris-Sud, 91, Orsay-France
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P. E. Cladis Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 07974; Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Associé au, CNRS Université de, Paris-Sud, 91, Orsay-France
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M. Kleman Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Associé au, CNRS Université de, Paris-Sud, 91, Orsay-France
Pages 355-373 | Received 15 Sep 1972, Published online: 21 Mar 2007

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