Schematic of an experiment to measure anisotropic elasticity of lyotropic liquid crystals, formed through aggregation of organic molecules in water, by exploring their reorientation in a magnetic field.

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Elasticity of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals Probed by Director Reorientation in a Magnetic Field
Shuang Zhou, Yu. A. Nastishin, M. M. Omelchenko, L. Tortora, V. G. Nazarenko, O. P. Boiko, T. Ostapenko, T. Hu, C. C. Almasan, S. N. Sprunt, J. T. Gleeson, and O. D. Lavrentovich
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 037801 (2012)

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