Zero-field N.M.R. study of the biaxial smectic E phase
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Zero field N.M.R. of uniaxial and biaxial smectic liquid crystals
Zero field N.M.R. of uniaxial and biaxial smectic liquid crystals M. Luzar a b c , A.M. Thayer a b d & A. Pines a b a Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, U.S.A. b Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720, U.S.A. c Department of Physics and J. Stefan Institute, E. Kardelj University of Ljublja...
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