Polymer stabilization of the smectic C-alpha* liquid crystal phase—Over tenfold thermal stabilization by confining networks of photo-polymerized reactive mesogens
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tenfold thermal stabilization by confining networks of photo-polymerized reactive mesogens A. Labeeb, H. F. Gleeson, and T. Hegmann Liquid Crystal Institute, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA Microwave Physics and Dielectrics, National Research Center, Dokki 12622, Egypt School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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تاریخ انتشار 2015