Reentrant nematic and columnar phases in disc-like liquid crystals at atmospheric pressure
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2014 We describe the first example of reentrant ND nematic and Dr columnar mesophases at atmospheric pressure in a pure disc-like compound. J. Physique LETTRES 42 (1981 ) L-417 L-419 15 SEPTEMBRE 1981, Classification Physics Abstracts 61.30 64.70E
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