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Liquid Crystals Volume 44, 2017 - Issue 12-13: A Festschrift in honour of Professor John William Goodby FRS; Guest Editor: Stephen Cowling
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Invited Article

The measurement of weak chirality using nematic liquid crystals

E P RaynesDepartment of Chemistry, The University of York, York, Heslington, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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X JiaDepartment of Chemistry, The University of York, York, Heslington, UK
Pages 1960-1967 | Received 29 Apr 2017, Published online: 28 Aug 2017

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