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Using Lin's Microscopic theory for the isotropic-nematic transition, we propose a new explanation for earlier experimental results where deviations of the optical Kerr constant of nematogens from the mean-field behavior were observed several degrees above the transition.
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Pouligny et al. (1982) studied this question.
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