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Original Articles

Dynamics in ferro- and antiferroelectric phases of a liquid crystal with fluorinated molecules as studied by dielectric spectroscopy

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Pages 1082-1088 | Received 18 Mar 2013, Accepted 18 Apr 2013, Published online: 20 May 2013

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