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Pressure-tensor method evaluation of the interfacial tension between Gay-Berne isotropic fluid and a smooth repulsive

Jagroop Kaur1, Debabrata Deb1

  • 1School of Physics and Materials Science, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bhadson Road, Patiala, Punjab - 147004, India. jagroopk610@gmail.com.

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