Keywords: liquid crystals, texture, multiple phase transitions, optical transmission, heterophase regions
PACS: 42.25.Lc, 42.70.Df, 64.70.M-

Arif Nesrullajev
Mugla Sitki Koçman universitetas, Kotekli Mugla, Turkija

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