Nematic Order Drives Phase Separation in Polydisperse Liquid Crystalline Polymers
✍ Scribed by Elias, F.; Clarke, S. M.; Peck, R.; Terentjev, E. M.
- Book ID
- 121282071
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 269 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0024-9297
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