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Probing the material properties and phase transitions of ferroelectric liquid crystals by determination of the Landau potential

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Probing the material properties and phase transitions of ferroelectric liquid crystals by determination of the Landau potential. / Archer, P.; Dierking, I.; Gortz, V. et al.
In: The European Physical Journal E, Vol. 25, No. 4, 04.2008, p. 385-393.

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Archer, P, Dierking, I, Gortz, V & Goodby, JW 2008, 'Probing the material properties and phase transitions of ferroelectric liquid crystals by determination of the Landau potential', The European Physical Journal E, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 385-393. https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2007-10302-5

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Archer, P., Dierking, I., Gortz, V., & Goodby, J. W. (2008). Probing the material properties and phase transitions of ferroelectric liquid crystals by determination of the Landau potential. The European Physical Journal E, 25(4), 385-393. https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2007-10302-5

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Archer P, Dierking I, Gortz V, Goodby JW. Probing the material properties and phase transitions of ferroelectric liquid crystals by determination of the Landau potential. The European Physical Journal E. 2008 Apr;25(4):385-393. doi: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10302-5

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Archer, P. ; Dierking, I. ; Gortz, V. et al. / Probing the material properties and phase transitions of ferroelectric liquid crystals by determination of the Landau potential. In: The European Physical Journal E. 2008 ; Vol. 25, No. 4. pp. 385-393.

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