MOLECULAR INTERPRETATION OF THE ABSORPTION-INDUCED OPTICAL REORIENTATION OF NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
JANOSSY I
Citation
I. Janossy, MOLECULAR INTERPRETATION OF THE ABSORPTION-INDUCED OPTICAL REORIENTATION OF NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 49(4), 1994, pp. 2957-2963
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
49
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Part
A
Pages
2957 - 2963
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1994)49:4<2957:MIOTAO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A molecular mechanism is proposed to explain the anomalous optical reo rientation observed in nematic guest-host systems. According to the mo del, light-induced reorientation in these systems is due to the intera ction between the excited dye molecules and the nematic host. The mode l justifies a phenomenological description given earlier. Numerical re sults, based on the present model, are in agreement with the observed order of magnitude of the effect.