Repulsive step potential: A model for a liquid-liquid phase transition

Abstract
In the framework of the perturbation theory for fluids we study the model with the isotropic repulsive step potential which in addition to the hard core has a repulsive soft core of a larger radius. It is shown that this purely repulsive potential is sufficient to explain a liquid-liquid phase transition and liquid anomalies. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.67.010201 © 2003 The American Physical Society