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Phase Transitions
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Volume 84, 2011 - Issue 1
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Characteristic switching parameters of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal 4H6Bi(S)

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Pages 38-48 | Received 04 May 2010, Accepted 16 Jul 2010, Published online: 13 Dec 2010

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