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Volume 87, 2014 - Issue 8: Selected Papers of the XX Conference on Liquid Crystals – Soft Matter Physics, Chemistry and Applications
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Synchrotron X-ray investigation of the layer spacing in a series of low molar mass bi-mesogen organosiloxane smectic materials

Carlo CarboniDepartment of Physics, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanCorrespondence[email protected]
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David G. CarboniDepartment of Physics, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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Dražan JozićDepartment of Inorganic Technology, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split, Split, Croatia;Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Basovizza (TS), Italy
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Sigrid BernstorffDepartment of Inorganic Technology, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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Michael RappoltInstitute of Biophysics and X-Ray Structure Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria;School of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Samia Al-MahraziDepartment of Physics, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Pages 739-745 | Received 05 Feb 2014, Accepted 07 Feb 2014, Published online: 04 Apr 2014

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