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Optically Positive, Isotropic and Negative Lamellar Liquid Crystalline Solutions

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THE subject of the structure of liquid crystalline solutions of amphiphiles is of importance both with regard to the theory and technology of these substances and in relation to the liquid crystalline character of certain biological units, for example, cell membranes.

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ROGERS, J., WINSOR, P. Optically Positive, Isotropic and Negative Lamellar Liquid Crystalline Solutions. Nature 216, 477–479 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216477a0

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