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Molecular Simulation Volume 21, 1998 - Issue 2-3: Quantum/Classical Studies of Materials: Proceedings of the Materials Modelling Meeting, South Africa 29–30 April 1997
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Modelling of Liquid Crystal Polymers at Different Length Scales

G. Goldbeck-Wood Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK
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P. Coulter Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK
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J. R. Hobdell ICI Polyurethanes, Everslaan 45, Everberg, B-3078, Belgium
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M. S. Lavine Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK; H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK
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K. Yonetake Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan-4, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992, Japan
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A. H. Windle Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK
Pages 143-160 | Received 01 Nov 1997, Accepted 01 Jan 1998, Published online: 23 Sep 2006

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