“A layer of brass nails shaken vertically (i.e. perpendicular to the screen) forms an ordered state in a certain range of acceleration. Here you can see orientational (nematic) order and a lot of positional (smectic) order into layers. The layers like to lie perpendicular to the sides of the container, which is square. Head orientation remains random.” Photograph by T Lynn MacDonald.
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