Induced smectic phase in binary mixtures of twist-bend nematogens

Anamarija Knežević, Irena Dokli, Marin Sapunar, Suzana Šegota, Ute Baumeister and Andreja Lesac
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1297–1307. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.122

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Induced smectic phase in binary mixtures of twist-bend nematogens
Anamarija Knežević, Irena Dokli, Marin Sapunar, Suzana Šegota, Ute Baumeister and Andreja Lesac
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1297–1307. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.122

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Knežević, A.; Dokli, I.; Sapunar, M.; Šegota, S.; Baumeister, U.; Lesac, A. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1297–1307. doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.122

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