The exceptionally strong Kerr effect of some nematogenic compounds with strong electric dipole moments parallel to their long molecular axes was investigated. The Kerr constants just above the clearing point T cl were about 100 times larger than with nitrobenzene. The temperature dependence of the Kerr effect obeyed (T-T cl)−y, with 0.5<γ<0.7. The relaxation times were 4.10−7 sec or less.
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