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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 37, Issue 10, 1278(2022)

Morphology of topological defects in liquid crystal microfluidics

Si-chun ZHAO1, Dong SHEN1, and Zhi-gang ZHENG1,2、*
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  • 1School of Physics，East China University of Science and Technology，Shanghai 200237，China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering，East China University of Science and Technology，Shanghai 200237，China
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    Si-chun ZHAO, Dong SHEN, Zhi-gang ZHENG. Morphology of topological defects in liquid crystal microfluidics[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2022, 37(10): 1278

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Apr. 28, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 10, 2022

    The Author Email: Zhi-gang ZHENG (zgzheng@ecust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2022-0152

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