[gmx-users] bouncing molecules

[Nuno R. L. Ferreira]

> dear gmx-users
> 
> i was just curious if someone could give me some insight to a particular
> problem i am having. i have been working on a DPPC monolayer and just ran
> a simulation for 1ns. when i look at it in VMD, it appears as if one or
> two of the DPPC lipids all of a sudden bounce from one edge of my box, to
> the opposite end.

periodic boundary conditions concept

> 
> the only conclusion i can come up w/ is that the box is too small and the
> lipid is being cut and sent to the opposite side for some reason. if
> there is another reason, please inform me, and of any possible ways to
> fix this. thanks.
> 
> 
>  - derrick
> 
> 
> 
>  derrick Lee
>  faculty of Science
>  Memorial University of Newfoundland
>  k24dgyl at mun.ca or derrickglee at hotmail.com
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