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WE report here the first realisation of laser-induced changes in the orientation of macromolecules and particles in a liquid medium. We give preliminary data on the induced birefringence of two, very dilute, macromolecular suspensions; and we show that the effects accompany particle orientation rather than local heating or refractive index changes, and that they therefore indicate the foundation of a new method for characterising macromolecules.
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JENNINGS, B., COLES, H. Laser-induced orientation in macromolecular suspensions. Nature 252, 33–34 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252033a0
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