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Quantum statistical expressions for the optical activity in nematic liquid crystals are obtained on the assumption that the systems are composed of molecules with C s or C 2 v symmetry. Using these expressions experimental results which have been recently obtained by Williams in nematic paraazoxyanisole (pAA) are well explained. It is shown that in C 2 v molecules the optical rotation can occur as in C s , while a linear electro-optic effect such as observed in pAA ( C s ) cannot occur.
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Hatsuo Kimura (1971) studied this question.
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