Universality of the Critical Dynamics and the Nature of the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 146 (1) , 435-461
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948708071829
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