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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. [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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