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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 37, Issue 12, 1520(2022)

Progress on Frank-Kasper phases in soft matter

Xin-ran ZHANG¹, Wei-min ZHANG¹, Mao-xin ZHANG¹, Ao ZHANG¹, Ti WU¹, Chun-xiu ZHANG^1、*, and Hai-feng YU^2、**

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¹College of Printing and Packing Engineering，Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication，Beijing 102600，China

²School of Materials Science and Engineering，Peking University，Beijing 100871，China

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Xin-ran ZHANG, Wei-min ZHANG, Mao-xin ZHANG, Ao ZHANG, Ti WU, Chun-xiu ZHANG, Hai-feng YU. Progress on Frank-Kasper phases in soft matter[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2022, 37(12): 1520

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Aug. 24, 2022

Accepted: --

Published Online: Nov. 30, 2022

The Author Email: Chun-xiu ZHANG (zhangchunxiu@bigc.edu.cn), Hai-feng YU (yuhaifeng@pku.edu.cn)

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2022-0281

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