Forced Rayleigh Scattering Studies of Tracer Diffusion in a Nematic Liquid Crystal: The Relevance of Complementary Gratings

Daniel R. Spiegel, Alexis L. Thompson, Wesley C. Campbell

We have employed forced Rayleigh scattering (FRS) to study the diffusion of an azo tracer molecule (methyl red) through a nematic liquid crystal (5CB). This system was first invest…