[gmx-users] surface tension coupling

[David van der Spoel]

Rongliang Wu wrote:
> Hello David,
>       well, thanks and i have been using the semiisotropic coupling(X Y coupled to 1bar and Z fixed length) to measure the surface tensions. will it be approriate? i used Berendsen for both temperature and pressure coupling, is it necessary to use parrinello-rhaman for pressure coupling since berendsen method cannot get stable pressure for the system. 
>       i don't think isotropic coupling approriate because the press-Z should be larger than press-X and Press-Y, for the interfacial tension is measured by pressure differences between pressZ and (pressX+pressY)/2, if pressZ is coupled, then the IFT will not be accurate.
> 	  by the way, are there any literatures about interfacial tension calculation? 
Check e.g.

@Article{Buuren93b,
   author =	 "A. R. van Buuren and S. J. Marrink and
                   H. J. C. Berendsen",
   title =	 "A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Decane/Water
                   Interface",
   journal =	 "J. Phys. Chem.",
   year =	 "1993",
   volume =	 "97",
   pages =	 "9206--9212",
}

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