“…As shown in Table 2, the increments in µ, α, and ∆α were more significant than the decrement in S of LC mixture with the addition of organic molecule, indicating that the increased ∆ε was mainly attributed to the increments in µ, α, and ∆α according to Equations (1)- (3). Figure 6a,b show the normalized absorbance peaks for 5CB, BNA, 5CB + BNA, M2C4N, and 5CB + M2C4N appear at 292 (π → π *), 345, 339, 315, and 330 nm (n → π *), respectively, due to the presence of nitro, amine, and methyl groups [43,44]. By correlating the optimized geometries (Figure 2), the BNA dopant shifts the absorbance peak of the LCs toward the long-wavelength side, due to the amine group in BNA has a strong intermolecular interaction with the CN group in LCs.…”