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The nematic-isotropic transition temperature was measured by means of an optical technique as a function of applied magnetic field for the material octyl-cyanobiphenyl. The results represent the first unambiguous demonstration of the magnetic field term in the thermodynamic equation for a liquid-crystal phase transition.
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