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Helical twisting power and compatibility in twisted nematic phase of new chiral liquid crystalline dopants with various liquid crystalline matrices

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Pages 1769-1779 | Received 21 Jan 2019, Accepted 21 Mar 2019, Published online: 16 Apr 2019

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