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The nematic phases of bent-core liquid crystals. / Gleeson, Helen F.; Kaur, Sarabjot; Görtz, Verena et al.
In: ChemPhysChem, Vol. 15, No. 7, 19.05.2014, p. 1251-1260.

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Gleeson, HF, Kaur, S, Görtz, V, Belaissaoui, A, Cowling, SJ & Goodby, JW 2014, 'The nematic phases of bent-core liquid crystals', ChemPhysChem, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 1251-1260. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201400014

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Gleeson, H. F., Kaur, S., Görtz, V., Belaissaoui, A., Cowling, S. J., & Goodby, J. W. (2014). The nematic phases of bent-core liquid crystals. ChemPhysChem, 15(7), 1251-1260. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201400014

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Gleeson HF, Kaur S, Görtz V, Belaissaoui A, Cowling SJ, Goodby JW. The nematic phases of bent-core liquid crystals. ChemPhysChem. 2014 May 19;15(7):1251-1260. Epub 2014 Apr 2. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201400014

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Gleeson, Helen F. ; Kaur, Sarabjot ; Görtz, Verena et al. / The nematic phases of bent-core liquid crystals. In: ChemPhysChem. 2014 ; Vol. 15, No. 7. pp. 1251-1260.

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