A first principles method is proposed to calculate the Frank elastic constants of nematic liquid crystals. These include the constants corresponding to standard splay, twist and bend deformations, and an often-ignored surface-like contribution known as saddle-splay. The proposed approach is implemented on th
Measuring liquid crystal elastic constants with free energy perturbations - Soft Matter (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3SM51919H
Elastic response and phase behavior in binary liquid crystal mixtures - Soft Matter (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C5SM03107A
Frontiers A Bidimensional Gay-Berne Calamitic Fluid: Structure and Phase Behavior in Bulk and Strongly Confined Systems
Measuring liquid crystal elastic constants with free energy perturbations.
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Measuring liquid crystal elastic constants with free energy perturbations - Soft Matter (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3SM51919H
Measuring liquid crystal elastic constants with free energy perturbations.
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