[gmx-users] CHARMM forcefield parameters for carbon naotubes

[Justin Lemkul]

On 8/20/15 7:53 AM, Sanchaita Rajkhowa wrote:
> Dear all,
>      I am trying to simulate a carbon nano-tube using CHARMM27 forcefield
> but I can't get it right. I have been following the "modeling carbon
> nano-tubes with gromacs" (http://chembytes.wikidot.com/grocnt) but it is
> done using opls-aa forcefield.  I have tried in a similar way and I keep
> getting errors:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Opening force field file ./test.ff/ffcharmm.n2t
> There are 5 name to type translations in file ./test.ff
> Generating bonds from distances...
> atom 80
> There are 1 different atom types in your sample
> Generating angles and dihedrals from bonds...
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If anyone has done the simulation of a CNT using CHARMM27 forcefield then
> please help.
>

Make sure use version 5.1 as a bug that caused this seg fault was fixed. 
Anything in the 5.0.x series will be affected (and IIRC also >4.6.6).

-Justin

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