[gmx-users] gromacs.org_gmx-users Digest, Vol 174, Issue 87

[tca1]

The forces and parameters aren't a problem, that's all been developed  
separately. My main concern is the connectivity of the crystal surface  
itself with periodic images. Is there a way to explicitly denote a  
connection between atoms in the box and their periodic images, or do I  
just have to play with the box sizes and hope for the best?

I did see something about the periodic-molecules option while  
searching through the manual and online for this topic, but I can't  
find much detail about proper usage or if it's even relevant to what  
I'm working with here. Really any clarification on how to properly  
represent simple 2D crystal structures in simulations with GROMACS  
would be a great help; maybe this is covered in the papers you linked  
or associated SI, I can take a look there first.

-Tom

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> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:24:01 -0600
> From: Alex <nedomacho at gmail.com>
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> Hi,
>
> There are two main reasons there aren't any serious tutorials: first,
> Gromacs wasn't originally intended for this type of simulations and second,
> it's not clear what such a tutorial would describe. If you have a suitable
> interaction model for the material you'd like to simulate, the "usual"
> rules (box dimensions commensurate with PBC for a given crystal structure,
> careful relaxation procedures, thermostat/barostat considerations, etc) of
> solid-state simulations apply, i.e. there isn't anything terribly specific
> to representing any such systems in Gromacs, given that it remains a very
> well designed general MD tool to work with non-reactive systems. We've used
> Gromacs to simulate 2D materials in aqueous environment, maybe they could
> be helpful:
>
> https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2016/nr/c5nr07061a
> https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.6b05274
> https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.8b01692
>
> For polymers, it would similarly hinge on the existence of a forcefield and
> if it doesn't exist, well, you will have to develop it. ;) If the processes
> of interest involve reactive forcefields (i.e. covalent bonds get broken
> and created), then you need another MD package, e.g., LAMMPS.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Alex
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 2:42 PM tca1 <tca1 at rice.edu> wrote:
>
>> I've been trying to find out if there are any tutorials on simulating
>> crystals (specifically crystal surfaces) using GROMACS; most of the
>> tutorials I can find online seem to focus on finite-sized biomolecules
>> and I don't know how the topology and run parameters would change with
>> periodic surfaces.
>>
>> For context, I'm interested in studying some aspects of polymer
>> behavior at solvent-surface interfaces, and a 2D crytalline surface
>> seems like the most direct way to model this, but if there's a
>> different way of representing such interfaces in GROMACS, I'd also be
>> interested in pursuing that approach.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thomas Allen
>>
>>
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