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surfacelike elastic term in the free energy of a nematic liquid crystal

โœ Scribed by Pergamenshchik, V. M.


Book ID
126912883
Publisher
The American Physical Society
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
401 KB
Volume
48
Category
Article
ISSN
1063-651X

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