[gmx-users] SDS micelle

Florian Haberl Florian.Haberl at chemie.uni-erlangen.de
Mon Nov 22 12:16:42 CET 2004


On Monday 22 November 2004 11:38, Aina Quintilla wrote:
> Dear gromacs users,
>
> I am trying to simulate a micelle of SDS in water.
> my simulation is crashing after some picoseconds ... there are LINCS
> warnings and then the system is blowing apart

try search function of mailing list http://www.gromacs.org/search/index.php

there are several threads, howto correct this

>
> the topology for 1 ds molecule i made:
>
> #include "ffG43a1.itp"
>
> [ moleculetype ]
> ; Name            nrexcl
> Protein             3
>
> [ atoms ]
> ;   nr       type  resnr residue  atom   cgnr     charge       mass  typeB
> chargeB      massB
>      1          S      1    SDS     S1      1      1.284      32.06   ;
> qtot 1.284
>      2          O      1    SDS     O1      1     -0.654    15.9994   ;
> qtot 0.63
>      3          O      1    SDS    O12      1     -0.654    15.9994   ;
> qtot -0.024
>      4         OM      1    SDS     OH      1     -0.459    15.9994   ;
> qtot -0.483
>      5         OM      1    SDS    O13      1     -0.654    15.9994   ;
> qtot -1.137
>      6        CH2      1    SDS     C1      1      0.137     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>      7        CH2      1    SDS     C2      1          0     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>      8        CH2      1    SDS     C3      1          0     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>      9        CH2      1    SDS     C4      1          0     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>     10        CH2      1    SDS     C5      1          0     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>     11        CH2      1    SDS     C6      1          0     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>     12        CH2      1    SDS     C7      1          0     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>     13        CH2      1    SDS     C8      1          0     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>     14        CH2      1    SDS     C9      1          0     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>     15        CH2      1    SDS    C10      1          0     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>     16        CH2      1    SDS    C11      1          0     14.027   ;
> qtot -1
>     17        CH3      1    SDS    C12      1          0     15.035   ;
> qtot -1
>
> [ bonds ]
> ;  ai    aj funct            c0            c1            c2            c3
>     1     2     2    gb_24
>     1     3     2    gb_24
>     1     4     2    gb_24
>     1     5     2    gb_24
>     4     6     2    gb_18
>     6     7     2    gb_26
>     7     8     2    gb_26
>     8     9     2    gb_26
>     9    10     2    gb_26
>    10    11     2    gb_26
>    11    12     2    gb_26
>    12    13     2    gb_26
>    13    14     2    gb_26
>    14    15     2    gb_26
>    15    16     2    gb_26
>    16    17     2    gb_26
>
> [ pairs ]
> ;  ai    aj funct            c0            c1            c2            c3
>     1     7     1
>     2     6     1
>     3     6     1
>     4     8     1
>     5     6     1
>     6     9     1
>     7    10     1
>     8    11     1
>     9    12     1
>    10    13     1
>    11    14     1
>    12    15     1
>    13    16     1
>    14    17     1
>
> [ angles ]
> ;  ai    aj    ak funct            c0            c1            c2
> c3
>     2     1     3     2    ga_28
>     2     1     4     2    ga_28
>     2     1     5     2    ga_28
>     3     1     4     2    ga_28
>     3     1     5     2    ga_28
>     4     1     5     2    ga_28
>     1     4     6     2    ga_25
>     4     6     7     2    ga_29
>     6     7     8     2    ga_12
>     7     8     9     2    ga_12
>     8     9    10     2    ga_12
>     9    10    11     2    ga_12
>    10    11    12     2    ga_12
>    11    12    13     2    ga_12
>    12    13    14     2    ga_12
>    13    14    15     2    ga_12
>    14    15    16     2    ga_12
>    15    16    17     2    ga_12
>
> [ dihedrals ]
> ;  ai    aj    ak    al funct            c0            c1            c2
> c3            c4            c5
>     2     1     4     6     1    gd_11
>     1     4     6     7     1    gd_12
>     4     6     7     8     1    gd_17
>     6     7     8     9     1    gd_17
>     7     8     9    10     1    gd_17
>     8     9    10    11     1    gd_17
>     9    10    11    12     1    gd_17
>    10    11    12    13     1    gd_17
>    11    12    13    14     1    gd_17
>    12    13    14    15     1    gd_17
>    13    14    15    16     1    gd_17
>    14    15    16    17     1    gd_17
>
> ; Include Position restraint file
> #ifdef POSRES
> #include "posre.itp"
> #endif
>
> ; Include water topology
> #include "spc.itp"
>
> #ifdef POSRES_WATER
> ; Position restraint for each water oxygen
> [ position_restraints ]
> ;  i funct       fcx        fcy        fcz
>    1    1       1000       1000       1000
> #endif
>
> ; Include generic topology for ions
> #include "ions.itp"
>
> [ system ]
> ; Name
> DS
>
> [ molecules ]
> ; Compound        #mols
> Protein             1
>
>
> and the parameters that i use to run a simulation, after a long energy
> minimization:
>
>
> constraints         =  all-bonds
> integrator          =  md
> dt                  =  0.0005	; ps !
> nsteps              =  20000
> nstcomm             =  1
> nstxout             =  10
> nstvout             =  1000
> nstfout             =  10
> nstlog              =  10
> nstenergy           =  10
> nstlist             =  10
> ns_type             =  grid
> coulombtype         =  PME
> rlist               =  0.9
> rcoulomb            =  1.4
> rvdw                =  1.4
> fourierspacing      =  0.12
> pme_order           =  4
> ewald_rtol          =  1e-5
> Tcoupl             =  berendsen
> tau_t              =  0.1
> tc-grps            =  system
> ref_t              =  100
> gen_vel             =  yes
> gen_temp            =  100
> gen_seed            =  173529
>
>
> could you please tell me if there is something wrong? i would be very very
> thankfull to any suggestion!
>

Greetings,

Florian

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