[gmx-users] Can I fix two of the cubic cell dimensions during an NPT simulation?

[Justin Lemkul]

On 3/14/16 6:31 PM, Nash, Anthony wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way of keeping the x, y box dimensions fixed during an NPT
> simulation, with changes to volume only changing in the Z dimension?
> Semiisotropic is not quite working out, see below.
>
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> Context: I want a coiled-coil dimer aligned in the Z direction. Each
> coiled-coil will see it¹s explicit neighbour, plus all period images. This
> will give an impression of a collagen fibrillar environment. Each protein
> should not be be able to tilt off the z-axis, due to the packed nature.
> Either end of the two coiled coils will be Œbulk¹ water which can expand
> and contract from changes in volume. If the x or y dimension changes there
> is a risk to water forming a layer between an explicit coiled-coil and one
> of its period images, thus losing the fibrillar environment effect.
>

Set compressibility = 0 for x-y.

-Justin

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