Slow molecular processes in a nematic liquid crystal confined to random porous network formed by aerosil particles
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Slow molecular processes in a nematic liquid crystal confined to random porous network formed by aerosil particles M. Rajeswari a , S. Dhara a , K. Venu b , V.S.S. Sastry a & R. Dabrowski c a School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 046, Andhra Pradesh, India b Soctronics Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad 500 034, Andhra Pradesh, India c Institute of Chemistry, Military University of Technology, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
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