Abstract
We have described a novel mechanism of the kinklike pressure response of the microsized twisted nematic volume under the effect of externally applied electric field directed parallel to the restricted surfaces and induced by a strong local disturbance of the director field . It is found that the torques acting on the director may excite the pressure traveling wave spreading along the normal to both boundaries, whose resemblance to a kink-like wave increases with increasing the value of the applied electric field greater than some critical value .
- Received 27 May 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.032703
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