[gmx-users] Self-Assembly Method

[David van der Spoel]

Alif M Latif wrote:
> Hi GROMACS users,
> 
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> 
> I'm trying to simulate number of esters together with surfactants which 
> experimentally known will self-assembly into micellar aggregates. I 
> don't know if my method is right, but i put these molecules into one pdb 
> file using VegaZZ software. Then if I successfully edited the topologies 
> and managed to run MD simulation on it, are my results valid? Or do I 
> have to specify other parameters/files/options specially for this kind 
> of interactions? Because its a self-assembly process (driven by the 
> hydrophobic effect), I believed there's no need for me to specify 
> which atoms on the corresponding molecules to interact, right? 
> 
>  
you need an appropriate force field, like for any simulation. See 
chapter 5 of the manual.

-- 
David.
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