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The anisotropy of the solvent self-diffusion coefficient within suspensions
of nanoparticles is measured by H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance with pulsed
field gradient and used as a new procedure to detect nematic ordering. The
potentiality of this method is illustrated using aqueous clay dispersions
whose nematic ordering was already detected by Na-23 quadrupolar splitting.