id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt j9601z43j3j Hythem Sidky Predicting Elastic Properties of Liquid Crystals from Molecular Simulation 1904 .txt text/plain 247 11 25 The utility of molecular simulation in predicting elastic properties of liquid crystals has historically been limited due to the immense time and length scales needed to generate accurate estimates of quantities such as the bulk elastic moduli. Finally, we present the first direct simulations of the bulk and surface-like elastic constants for molecular 4-5-alkyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl which challenge indirect experimental observations that suggest spontaneous elastic curvature in certain geometries. cache/j9601z43j3j.txt txt/j9601z43j3j.txt