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Synthesis and properties of organic–inorganic hybrid liquid crystal gels

Naofumi NagaCollege of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ayaka OkadaCollege of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Yuka SatohCollege of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Hidemitsu FurukawaGraduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata Univ, Yonezawa, Japan
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Takahiro YamamotoResearch Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
Pages 1616-1625 | Received 25 Feb 2016, Accepted 16 May 2016, Published online: 05 Jun 2016

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