File Name : fig_s1.pdf

Caption : order parameter of acridine orange hcl relative to the dscg director as a function of temperature as measured at three wavelengths.

File Name : fig_s2a.pdf

Caption : acridine orange hcl spectra with low concentrations of dscg.  the absorption is decreased for the 0.05 wt\% and 0.10 wt\% dscg solutions, (dscg:ao stoichiometric ratios of 1.5 and 2.9, respectively), but is consistent with higher dscg concentrations by 0.15 wt\%.

File Name : fig_s3a.pdf

Caption : fluorescence spectra of acridine orange hcl with low concentrations of dscg.  the intensity is decreased for the 0.0073 wt\% dscg solution (dscg:ao stoichiometric ratio equal to 2.8), but is increased for the 10 wt\% dscg solution.  both dscg solutions are in the isotropic phase.

File Name : fig_s4a.pdf

Caption : fit using three peaks to the absorption spectrum of 0.5 wt\% dscg in a 0.02 wt\% acridine orange hcl solution.  the orange circles are the data and the black line is the fit.

File Name : fig_s5a.pdf

Caption : results of fitting the spectra to three absorption peaks as a function of dscg concentration in a 0.02 wt\% solution of acridine orange hcl. the three absorption peaks are labeled by a typical value of their center wavelength.