Alkane Melting Prediction

Hi all,

I am a new use of Materials studio. Currently, I am trying to predict the melting point of several alkanes including their performance with nanoparticles in polymer shell materials as in http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.07.065.

Would anyone help me with how to start it by sharing the resources, please?