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- adjective chemistry, physics Describing several forms of
liquid crystal that have in-plane short-range positional molecular order, weakly coupled two-dimensional layers and long-range bond orientational molecular order
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At DNA concentrations higher than 350 mg / ml, a two-dimensionally ordered columnar hexatic phase is formed, which exhibits a characteristic focal conic texture similar to those seen in both lyotropic and thermotropic liquid crystalline phases with small molecules.
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