Orienting Action of Sound on Nematic Liquid Crystals
- 11 December 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 29 (24), 1583-1586
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.29.1583
Abstract
A theory is outlined of the aligning action of sound on nematic liquid crystals. It is based on sound-induced stresses and forces and identifies four contributions to the transverse stress. Formulas for the threshold sound intensities of a few simple deformations are given.Keywords
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