This article reviews recent progress in the computer simulation of liquid crystals at the
molecular level. It covers the use of simple rigid-body models of the constituent molecules …

An experimental and theoretical study of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs)
confined in cylinders with degenerate planar boundary conditions elucidates LCLC director …

Existing adaptive bias techniques, which seek to estimate free energies and physical
properties from molecular simulations, are limited by their reliance on fixed kernels or basis …

The elastic response of liquid crystals (LCs) to external perturbations is of eminent
importance for both their theoretical understanding and practical application. While the …

Biological liquid crystals, originating from the self-assembly of biological filamentous
colloids, such as cellulose and amyloid fibrils, show a complex lyotropic behaviour that is …

Active nematics are microscopically driven liquid crystals that exhibit dynamical steady
states characterized by the creation and annihilation of topological defects. Motivated by …

Topological defects are a ubiquitous phenomenon across different physical systems. A
better understanding of defects can be helpful in elucidating the physical behaviors of many …

The elastic behavior of nematics is commonly described in terms of the three so-called bulk
deformation modes, ie, splay, twist, and bend. However, the elastic free energy contains also …

Chemoresponsive liquid crystal (LC) sensors are promising platforms for the detection of
vapor-phase analytes. Understanding the transport of analyte molecules within LC films …

The spontaneous positioning of colloids on the surfaces of micrometer‐sized liquid crystal
(LC) droplets and their subsequent polymerization offers the basis of a general and facile …