Structure and Nonlinear Index of Refraction of Sunset Yellow Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal in the Isotropic and Nematic Phases

Dennys Reis, Renato Mafra Moysés, Lino Misoguti +1

Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals are formed by the self-assembly of aromatic compounds in concentrated solutions. Despite numerous applications of chromonic systems in optical a…