The isotropic–nematic transition in hard Gaussian overlap fluids

We report a study of the isotropic–nematic (I–N) transition in fluids of molecules interacting through the hard Gaussian overlap (HGO) model. This model is computationally simple and shears some similarities with the widely used hard ellipsoid (HE) fluid. The I–N coexistence properties of HGO fluids...

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