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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 38, Issue 8, 997(2023)

Stimuli-responsive cholesteric liquid crystal soft photonic color film

Xue-jing XU, Han GAO, and Ji-liang ZHU^*

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School of Sciences, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Apr. 12, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Oct. 9, 2023

The Author Email: Ji-liang ZHU (jlzhu@hebut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2023-0138

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