A molecular field theory for biaxial nematic liquid crystals composed of molecules with C
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A molecular field theory for biaxial nematic liquid crystals composed of molecules with Ch point group symmetry ∗ Geoffrey R. Luckhurst, † Shohei Naemura, 2 Timothy J. Sluckin, Tung B. T. To, and Stefano Turzi ‡ School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom Electronic Display Research Center, Tottori University, 2-522-2 Koyama-kita, Tottori 680-0941, Japan School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom (Dated: April 27, 2011)
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