A Lyotropic Chiral Smectic C Liquid Crystal with Polar Electrooptic Switching1. Issue 34 (6th August 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bruckner, Johanna R.; Porada, Jan H.; Dietrich, Clarissa F.; Dierking, Ingo; Giesselmann, Frank
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 52:Issue 34(2013)
• Page Start: 8934
• Page End: 8937
• Publication Date: 2013-08-06
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303344
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

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