When a uniaxial nematic phase is formed by biaxial molecules, in addition to S the order parameter D is necessary to describe the molecular order. It is shown here that D effects the dichroic ratio whenever the orientation of the transition moment differs from the molecular axis defining the director. The evaluation of experimental results with respect to D and its interpretation are discussed.
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E. H. Korte (1983) studied this question.
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