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Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Defects and Topology

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Chirality in Liquid Crystals

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Lavrentovich, O.D., Kleman, M. (2001). Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Defects and Topology. 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_5

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