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Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 174786, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/174786
Research Article

Effects of C u C l 𝟐 on the Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Behavior in Nonaqueous and Aqueous Medium

Ravi K. Shukla and K. K. Raina

Materials Research Laboratory, School of Physics and Materials Science, Thapar University, Patiala 147004, India

Received 6 March 2011; Revised 29 May 2011; Accepted 9 June 2011

Academic Editor: Nigel Wilding

Copyright © 2011 Ravi K. Shukla and K. K. Raina. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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