“…In fact, it took roughly twenty to thirty more years, when the availability of modern, high-resolution measurement technology on one hand and more advanced and powerful computing facilities on the other hand enabled researchers to conduct detailed experimental studies and to perform extensive numerical simulations (see BLOCK and KELLY [1988], BLOCK et al [1990], BÖSE [1998], BÖSE and TRENDLER [2001], CLERCX and BOSSIS [1993], CONRAD et al [1991], DEINEGA and VINOGRADOV [1984], GAST and ZUKOSKI [1989], HANAOKA et al [2002], INOUE and MANIWA [1995], KHUSID and ACRIVOS [1995], KIMURA et al [1998], 1 FIGURE 1.1. Formation of chains aligned with the field (left) and aggregation to sheets (right) KLASS and MARTINEK [1967a,b] and KLINGENBERG et al [1989], KLINGEN-BERG and ZUKOSKI [1990], LEMAIRE et al [1992], MARSHALL et al [1989], MOKEEV et al [1992], RHEE et al [2003], SHULMAN and NOSOV [1985], STAN-GROOM [1977, STANWAY et al [1987], TAO and SUN [1991b], VOROBEVA et al [1969], WHITTLE [1990], WEN et al [2003], YU and WAN [2000], ZHAO et al [2002]). The experimental work focused on the creation of the chainlike and columnar structures (see KLINGENBERG and ZUKOSKI [1990], MARTIN and ANDERSON [1996], MARTIN et al [1998a], QI and WEN [2002]) (cf.…”