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Influence of the anisometry of magnetic particles on the isotropic–nematic phase transition

V. GdovinováInstitute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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N. TomašovičováInstitute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, SlovakiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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N. ÉberDepartment of Complex Fluids, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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T. Tóth-KatonaDepartment of Complex Fluids, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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V. ZávišováInstitute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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M. TimkoInstitute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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P. KopčanskýInstitute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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Pages 1773-1777 | Received 12 May 2014, Accepted 29 Jul 2014, Published online: 22 Aug 2014

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