[gmx-users] crystal slab and position restraints: com option

[Justin Lemkul]

On 5/11/14, 2:01 PM, Chetan Mahajan wrote:
> Thanks, Justin. I was also under impression that with "com" option,
> distance between slab atoms (which are position restrained) remains same,
> even though coordinates change. So doesn't it mean that TiO2 slab
> dimensions should remain same?
>

No.  Under NPT, the box will change.  That's the point of pressure coupling. 
Bonds that are constrained will stay constrained, but other interatomic 
distances can vary according to the scaling factor introduced by the barostat. 
In the case of "refcoord_scaling = com," each atom's position is scaled relative 
to the COM of the reference coordinates, not the absolute coordinates of each 
atom (as would be the case when using "refcoord_scaling = all").

-Justin

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