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Anisotropic Liquid Crystal Networks from Reactive Mesogens
Anisotropic liquid crystal (LC) networks prepared from reactive mesogens (RMs) have numerous advantages in optoelectronic devices especially because of the excellent processability. To fabricate the robust thi...
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Anisotropic Liquid Crystal Networks from Reactive Mesogens
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