Abstract
Abstract Computer simulation provides a method of linking the microscopic details of molecular interactions with the much larger-scale phenomena of interest in bulk phases. Much of the interesting and useful behaviour of liquid crystals takes place in a regime which is reasonably well described by continuum theories, but consideration of molecular details is important, for example, in the vicinity of solid surfaces. This paper reviews recent work in which simulations have been used to study bulk liquid crystalline phase diagrams, large-scale fluctuations near phase transitions, and elastic deformation near surfaces, making links with the appropriate theories.
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