In 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.

Kluwer
P. Pasini , C. Zannoni

Frenkel, D. (2000). Phase behavior of lyotropic liquid crystals. In P. Pasini & C. Zannoni (Eds.), Advances in the Computer Simulations of Liquid Crystals; Conf. Erice, June 1998 (pp. 51–72).