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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 40, Issue 8, 1093(2025)

Synthesis of polymerizable amphiphilic molecules with fluorocarbon tails and investigations of their lyotropic liquid crystal structures

Longxiao MI^1,2 and Xunda FENG^1,2、*

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¹State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials， College of Materials Science and Engineering， Donghua University， Shanghai 201620， China

²Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials， Donghua University， Shanghai 201620， China

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Received: Apr. 10, 2025

Accepted: --

Published Online: Sep. 25, 2025

The Author Email: Xunda FENG (xunda.feng@dhu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2025-0083

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