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Cholesteric pitch of short fragment DNA as a function of osmotic pressure for 0.2, 0.5, and 1.0 M NaCl. Increasing osmotic pressure corresponds to decreasing DNA density via removal of water from within the liquid crystalline array. The nonmonotonic nature of P with varying DNA density is apparent at all salt concentrations.
