In this paper, we relate how we have determined the order parameter by measuring the diamagnetic susceptibilities of the nematic phase, and of the ordered solid state obtained by freezing a nematic "monocrystal." Moreover, we have measured dielectric and refractive indices anisotropies, and elastic coefficients; and we have verified the theories giving the relations between the order parameter and all this physical macroscopic coefficients.
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