The Gapsys *et al.* soft-core is formulated to act on the level of van der Waals and electrostatic forces:
the non-bonded interactions are linearized at a point defined as, :math:`r_{scLJ}` or :math:`r_{scQ}`, respectively.
The linearization point depends on the state of the system as controlled by the :math:`\lambda` parameter and
The Gapsys *et al.* soft-core is formulated to act on the level of van der Waals and electrostatic forces:
the non-bonded interactions are linearized at a point defined as, :math:`r_{scLJ}` or :math:`r_{scQ}`, respectively.
The linearization point depends on the state of the system as controlled by the :math:`\lambda` parameter and