[gmx-users] Distance Restraints set for water-ion cluster in gas phase (vacuum)

[Justin Lemkul]

On 10/13/14 4:48 AM, liuyong_1007 at dicp.ac.cn wrote:
> Dear gromacs usres,
>
> I want to run nvt simulation of water-ion cluster (Na+(H2O)250) in gas phase (vacuum) at higher temperature ( bigger than 200 K).
> But the cluster will collapse at high temperature. So the distance restraints is used to restraint the water molecules and the ion Na+ not to keep together as a cluster.
> But there are so many atoms to set the distance constraint in the topology. So how can I set set the distance constraint in the topology easilier?
> How to set the distance restraint between the atoms and center of mass of the water-ion cluster?
>

The spherical flat-bottom potential is much easier to use in this case.  See 
manual section 4.3.2 (version 5.0).

-Justin

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