Equilibrium Liquid Crystal Phase Diagrams and Detection of Kinetic Arrest in Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions
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1 Experimental Soft Matter Physics Group, Physics and Materials Science Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 2 Theory of Soft Condensed Matter Physics Group, Physics and Materials Science Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 3 Physics and Materials Science Research Unit, Laboratory for the Physics of Advanced Materials, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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