  New applications of liquid crystalline materials have increased the need for
precise engineering of elastic properties. Recently, Sidky et al. presented
methods by which the elastic coefficients of molecular models with atomistic
detail can be accurately calculated, demonstrating the result for the
ubiquitous mesogen 5CB. In this work, these techniques are applied to the
homologous series of nCB materials, focusing on the standard bend, twist, and
splay deformations, using an entirely automated process. Our results show
strong agreement with published experimental measurements for the nCBs and
present a path forward to computational molecular engineering of liquid crystal
elasticity for novel molecules and mixtures.
