[gmx-users] NaCl

[Justin A. Lemkul]

nishap.patel at utoronto.ca wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>     I want to simulate a simple NaCl ion in water. I know the method 
> using genion which adds individual Na+ and Cl- ion, but I wish to 
> simulate Na-Cl connected rather than free ions floating in water. When I 
> ran the grompp command I got the error:
> No default Bond types
> So I am thinking, I need to add b0 and Kb values for NaCl? Is that correct?
> 
> I would really appreciate some help!

This really is a case where you can try it and see much faster than it will take 
you to type the email asking for help :)

Presumably, if you want a bond, and there are not parameters for it already 
built in, then yes, you need to actually define the bond.

-Justin

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Nisha P
> 
> 

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Justin A. Lemkul
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ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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