[gmx-users] Lateral Diffusion of Lipids

[Jochen Hub]

Am 8/12/13 5:26 AM, schrieb Kieu Thu Nguyen:
> Dear users,
> 
> I want to use g_msd to measure diffusion coefficients of lipid bilayer. But
> i do not know how to choose the reference atom per lipid for an any type of
> lipid, such as POPC, DOPC,...
> Where i can get these references ?

One suggestion: The two leaflets may move with respect to each other.
Therefore, I recommend to compute D *within* each leaflet first -
otherwise you may get a too large diffusion constant. Btw: g_select can
be used to select the upper / lower phosphates into separate index groups.

Jochen

> 
> Thanks so much for any help !
> 
> ~Thu
> 

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Dr. Jochen Hub
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