[gmx-users] problem with g_density

[Justin A. Lemkul]

vinothkumar mohanakrishnan wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I also faced a similar problem like Ozge Engi when i used the g_density 
> command for water-DCE interface. when i saw the final .gro file in VMD i 
> saw some 20-25 molecules of water came on one side (end of DCE side) of 
> the box and  few molecules of DCE say 5 molecules on the end of water 
> side. i have attached the graph that i got. what is the problem due to? 
> why are we not getting the density profile starting from zero on both 
> side of the box? any help is highly appreciated.
> 

The thread you quote contains the answer.  The densities likely will not go 
completely to zero; the layers interact with each other in some way, so there 
will be some fluctuations at the interface between the two.

-Justin

> Regards
> Vinoth
> 
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Tsjerk Wassenaar <tsjerkw at gmail.com 
> <mailto:tsjerkw at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>      > You're not
>      > seeing complete mixing of your two species, but there is some
>     diffusion
>      > between the phases, otherwise both of your particles should drop
>     to exactly
>      > zero density on either side of the box middle, wouldn't they?
> 
>     No, not if there are undulations of the interface.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Tsjerk
> 
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Justin A. Lemkul
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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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