M. Wnek et T. Uchida, ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF THE DICHROIC DYES ANDLIQUID-CRYSTAL MIXTURES - A MODEL STUDIES, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 258, 1995, pp. 191-202
Guest-host type mixtures of a liquid crystal and dichroic dyes are the
oretically analyzed by means of the Flory-Ronca lattice theory. The re
sults are compared with experimental data. The influence of the temper
ature, molecular soft- and steric interactions, dyes (guest) ratio and
presence of different dopants on the optical properties of the mixtur
e is also analyzed.