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 /pair_mgpt.h
 /pair_morse_smooth_linear.cpp
 /pair_morse_smooth_linear.h
+/pair_smatb.cpp
+/pair_smatb.h
+/pair_smatb_single.cpp
+/pair_smatb_single.h
 /pair_smtbq.cpp
 /pair_smtbq.h
 /pair_vashishta*.cpp
diff --git a/src/SMTBQ/README b/src/SMTBQ/README
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-This package implements the Second Moment Tight Binding - QEq (SMTB-Q)
-potential for the description of ionocovalent bonds in oxides.
-
-Authors: Nicolas Salles, Emile Maras, Olivier Politano, Robert Tetot
-at ICB, Universite de Bourgogne and ICMMO, Universite Paris-Sud.
-
-Contact emails:  lammps@u-bourgogne.fr, nsalles33@gmail.com
-
-This package is occasionally maintained.
-
-See the doc page for the pair_style smtbq command to get started.
-
-There are potential files for this potential in the potentials dir.
-
-There are example scripts for using this package in
-examples/PACKAGES/smtbq.
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