[gmx-users] cell exploding

[Anton Feenstra]

Eric Jakobsson wrote:
> A possibly naive question, because I only know this stuff at a high 
> level--it is the people in my lab who know the details:  When you freeze 
> the RNA, does the RNA still interact electrostatically with the sodium 
> ions?  If not, then you would have an enormous amount of positive charge 
> in the sodium ions that would be repelling each other with no counter 
> charge, would lead to the effect described.  To see, maybe try 
> unfreezing the RNA.

No, frozen atoms still interact fully with the rest of your system.


-- 
Groetjes,

Anton
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