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Chiral liquid crystals form a number of modulated structures with unusual properties. Here we report experimental studies of the two-dimensional structure forming near the cholesteric-isotropic phase ...

In this article, closed-form characterization of anisotropic polymer network liquid-crystal (PNLC) for reconfigurable RF devices at the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band is achieved. For the first time, ...

Letter Published: 25 June 1949 Formation of Microscopic Crystals on Crystal Surfaces Exposed to α-Rays L. WIENINGER & N. ADLER Nature 163, 989 (1949) Cite this article ...

The two-component crystals formed from pyridine or 4-dimethylaminopyridine with maleic, fumaric, phthalic, isophthalic, or terephthalic acids were characterized by X-ray diffraction. The two-component ...

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The crystal form instabilities of this monohydrate are discussed with respect to undesired dehydrated crystalline species and an IPA solvate. To reproducibly determine the end-of-drying while ensuring ...