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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 40, Issue 2, 329(2025)

Polymeric materials with bicontinuous nanochannels via polymerizable gyroid liquid crystals

Xunda FENG^*

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State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials， Donghua University， Shanghai 201620， China

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Category: Soft Matter Self-assembly

Received: Aug. 31, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Mar. 28, 2025

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

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2024-0265

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