[gmx-users] poly(lactic acid) .itp or .top file

[David]

On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 23:42, Erik Lindahl wrote:
> 
> Improper dihedrals are more or less intelligent guesses in most 
> forcefields I know of :-) Check the values in the gromacs and gromos 
> forcefields and pick something (OPLS does it slightly different since
> the use a periodic cosine). If you make it way too low it won't have
> any effect, and if you pick it way too high the molecule might slightly 
> be too rigid.
If you make the fc for impropers too high, you may also introduce
non-physical high frequency vibrations that may destabilize your
simulation. Just stick to one of the two values in GROMOS (40 kcal or 80
kcal) and test whether the fluctuations are within bounds after
averaging over your simulation. 

> Cheers,
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
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Groeten, David.
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