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Research Article

Headgroups versus symmetry in congruent ion pairs: which one does the job in mesomorphic aryl guanidinium and aryl imidazolium sulphonates?

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Pages 821-838 | Received 04 Dec 2013, Accepted 16 Jan 2014, Published online: 11 Feb 2014

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