Abstract
We calculate the liquid crystal phase diagram for a model fluid with Gay-Berne interparticle potential using the Tarazona smoothed-density approximation of density functional theory. Vapour, liquid, nematic and smectic A phases are considered. For length to breadth ratio kappa 3 and energy anisotropy kappa 5, comparison with the simulation data of de Miguel et al. shows reasonable agreement.
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