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Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 684349, 52 pages
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Review Article

Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals: Materials, Formation, and Applications

Y. J. Liu and X. W. Sun

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore

Received 29 August 2008; Accepted 30 November 2008

Academic Editor: H. Kwok

Copyright © 2008 Y. J. Liu and X. W. Sun. 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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