Abstract
We could not exist if liquid crystals are none in our body, but it is not well known how biological molecules concern liquid crystals. From the elucidation of this concern, we expect bio-applications such as bio-sensors and medical supplies utilizing liquid crystal, and liquid crystal devices with bio-materials which have super-high functionalities. We focus on the DNA-doped liquid crystals and investigate the effect of DNA doping on the molecular alignment structure and the electrooptical characteristics of liquid crystal for several kinds of DNA molecules such as single and double strands formed by adenine, thymine, guanine, and/or cytosine bases.
