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Some Aspects of Polymer Dispersed and Polymer Stabilized Chiral Liquid Crystals

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Chirality in Liquid Crystals

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Crawford, G.P., Svenšek, D., Žumer, S. (2001). Some Aspects of Polymer Dispersed and Polymer Stabilized Chiral Liquid Crystals. In: Kitzerow, HS., Bahr, C. (eds) Chirality in Liquid Crystals. Partially Ordered Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21642-1_12

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