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Liquid Crystals Volume 45, 2018 - Issue 13-15: A Festschrift in honour of Professor Claudio Zannoni; Guest Editors: Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli and Paolo Pasini
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Invited Article

Fabrication of photomobile polymer materials with phase-separated structure of crosslinked azobenzene liquid-crystalline polymer and poly(dimethylsiloxane)

Toru UbeResearch & Development Initiative, Chuo University, Tokyo, JapanView further author information
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Takuya YodaResearch & Development Initiative, Chuo University, Tokyo, JapanView further author information
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Tomiki IkedaResearch & Development Initiative, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan;Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2269-2273 | Received 10 Jun 2018, Published online: 09 Sep 2018

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