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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Volume 540, 2011 - Issue 1: Proceedings of the 23rd International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC 2010) Part I of VIII
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Liquid Crystal Phases, Structures, Defects and Ordering

Surface Alignment, Anchoring Transitions, Optical Properties and Topological Defects in Nematic Bent-Core Materials C7 and C12

B. Senyuk Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
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Y.-K. Kim Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
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L. Tortora Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
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S.-T. Shin Liquid Crystal Display Research and Development Center, Samsung Electronics Corporation, Korea
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S. V. Shiyanovskii Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
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O. D. Lavrentovich Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 20-41 | Published online: 14 Jun 2011

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