Costa, Fernando Pestana daGrinfeld, MichaelLanger, MathiasMottram, Nigel J.Pinto, João Teixeira2012-02-212012-02-212012-03Costa, Fernando Pestana da [et al.] - Kickback in nematic liquid crystals. "Quarterly of Applied Mathematics" [Em linha]. ISSN 0033-569X (Print) 1552-4405 (Online). Vol. 70, nº 1 (March 2012), p. 99-1100033-569X1552-4405http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/2048We describe a nonlocal linear partial differential equation arising in the analysis of dynamics of a nematic liquid crystal. We confirm that it accounts for the kickback phenomenon by decoupling the director dynamics from the flow. We also analyse some of the mathematical properties of the decoupled director equation.engNematic liquid crystalsKickbackSingular perturbationsNonlocal operatorsjournal article