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An Electrochemical Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline Device for Quick and Low-Voltage Color Modulation
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Color modulation properties of a liquid-crystal device

K Ohkubo, J Ohtsubo, N Izumi

    Applied Optics
    |October 12, 2010
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