Alloy hardening of a smectic A liquid crystal doped with gold nanoparticles P. Oswald, J. Milette, S. Relaix, L. Reven, A. Dequidt and L. Lejcek EPL, 103 4 (2013) 46004 Published online: 17 September 2013 DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/103/46004