[gmx-users] Problem with T-coupling.

[Justin Lemkul]

On 6/2/14, 7:59 PM, Udaya Dahal wrote:
> Hi,
> I was simulating the PPO, n=27 chain in water. Currently I am simulating
> only single chain and so far the phase behavior and he h-bond looks good
> for the higher temperature but as I go to the lower temperature (293K and
> 298K), I expected to get little extended  structure unlike the coiled
> structure at higher temperature.
>
> But the problem, I am facing here is not the conformation but the overall
> simulation. I changed from berendsen T-coupling to nose-hoover and
> berendsen P-coupling to Parrinello-Rahman pressure coupling. When I see the
> trajectory in VMD, the trajectory of Berendsen thermostat and barostat
> looks like liquid but the nose-hoover and Parrinello-Rahman looks like
> freezing for the same system.
> When i checked the temperature from g_energy, it shows the coupling
> temperature. Could you please tell me what's wrong in the simulation?
> I have attached the .mdp file here with the email in google drive.​
>   eq.mdp
> <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByXdaXpbCwOyUVJuOFZ4dFBaa1U/edit?usp=drive_web>
> ​This one is for Berendsen T coupling.
>
> ​
>   eq_nh.mdp
> <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByXdaXpbCwOySnBIa2tLRkFPZGc/edit?usp=drive_web>
> ​This one is for Nose-hoover.
>
>

You're using dissimilar nonbonded settings, thermostatting approaches, and plain 
cutoffs for Coulombic interactions.  The latter leads to junk simulations, and 
your observed freezing is consistent with a flying ice cube artifact.  Develop a 
robust, consistent protocol before trying to assign blame to the thermostats. 
Right now, the outcome could be due to any number of factors.

-Justin

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