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Original Articles

Electro-optical properties of carbon nanotube-doped polymer-stabilised blue phase liquid crystal IPS cell

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Pages 1067-1074 | Received 09 Nov 2015, Accepted 22 Feb 2016, Published online: 23 Mar 2016

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