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n these lectures, I discuss techniques to compute the phase diagram of lyotropic liquid crystals. I review the standard techniques to compute the free-energy of various phases. Subsequently, I focus on phase transitions in liquid crystals. Recent techniques to determine the dependence of phase boundaries on the shape and flexibility of the constituent molecules, are discussed. Finally, I devote attention to Monte Carlo techniques that are particularly suited to study the phase behavior of flexible molecules.
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Frenkel, D. (2000). Phase Behavior of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals. In: Pasini, P., Zannoni, C. (eds) Advances in the Computer Simulatons of Liquid Crystals. NATO Science Series, vol 545. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4225-0_3
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