title: Theory and simulation of the nematic zenithal anchoring coefficient.
abstract: Combining molecular simulation, Onsager theory, and the elastic description of nematic liquid crystals, we study the dependence of the nematic liquid crystal elastic constants and the zenithal surface anchoring coefficient on the value of the bulk order parameter.
authors.affiliation: H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Royal Fort, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andrienko
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Allen