[gmx-users] g_dipole ? => Calculate bond dipole moment for a molecule of multiple atoms by hand?

[Timo M.D. Graen]

Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_dipole_moment , you might want 
to read the part about calculating dipole moments for an array of point 
charges, it is not difficult. 33 point charges are doable using pencil 
and calculator in about 10min. Do not worry about the reference point as 
long as your system is neutral, just set it to (0,0,0). Otherwise, take 
any kind of first year physics book it will contain very similar 
information.

On 10/19/2010 05:39 AM, Chih-Ying Lin wrote:
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>
> Hi
> According to the following website,
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_dipole_moment
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> \mu = \delta \, d.
> The bond dipole is modeled as +δ — δ- with a distance /d/ between the
> partial charges <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_charges> +δ and δ-.
> For a complete molecule the total molecular dipole moment may be
> approximated as the vector sum of individual bond dipole moments.
>
>
> However, for a molecule of multiple atoms,
> There may be more than one bond connected on one atom.
> E
> |
> B - A - C
> partial charge of atom_A = -0.5
> partial charge of atom_B = 0.2
> partial charge of atom_C = 0.35
> partial charge of atom_E = 0.4
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> Which partial charges should I use when I calculate bond-dipole-moment
> of A-B ?
> Which partial charges should I use when I calculate bond-dipole-moment
> of A-C ?
> Which partial charges should I use when I calculate bond-dipole-moment
> of A-E ?
>
> Thank you
> Lin
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> On 2010-10-18 03.30, Chih-Ying Lin wrote:
>>  HI
>>  I confined one molecule in the center of box and issue the g_dipole
> command.
>>  The average dipole moment is still around 32.
>>  It is the molecule with 33 atoms / united atoms of most carbon groups,
>>  isn't the dipole moment around 32 too high?
>>  How can I test next and know that the dipole moment around 32 is
>>  acceptable?
> By calculating on paper: dipole is 48.0 sum of q_i x_i, therefore if you
> have large charge separation you will get a large dipole.
>
>>  Thank you
>>  Lin
>>  On 2010-10-16 21.36, Chih-Ying Lin wrote:
>>  >
>>  > Hi
>>  > I issue the g_dipole command on Gromacs => And, the following
>>  > information is shown.
>>  > There are 10 molecules in the selection,
>>  > Does the Average =32.1611 refer to the average for a single over the
>>  > simulation time?
>>  > Or, the Average = 32.1611 summing for all the 10 molecules over the
>>  > simulation time?
>>  > If the average = 32.1611 for a single molecule with 33 atoms / united
>>  > atoms of most carbon groups, isn't the dipole moment too high?
>>  I think this is the average per molecule. You may need to run trjconv
>>  -pbc whole, because mdrun may break molecules in two parts, meaning that
>>  the molecule becomes as big as the box.
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>>  > What does "will subtract their charge at their center of mass" this
>>  mean?
>>  > Why "will subtract their charge at their center of mass" ?
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