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H-shaped liquid crystals inducing nematic order in the isotropic liquid

Shoumi SayamaDepartment of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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Ryosuke MurakiDepartment of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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Atsushi YoshizawaDepartment of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1756-1762 | Received 17 Feb 2019, Accepted 17 Mar 2019, Published online: 28 Mar 2019

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