[Openmd-users] vacuum simulation

Dan Gezelter gezelter at nd.edu
Tue Jan 2 14:05:55 EST 2018



> On Dec 14, 2017, at 4:20 AM, shehan kapurubandara <madusankakapurubandara at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> i am new to openmd and i want to simulate gold nanoparticle in vacuum conditions. How would I start?

The simplest way to carry out a vaccuum simulation is to set this flag in the MetaData section:

usePeriodicBoundaryConditions = "false";

and then use an ensemble that doesn't couple to a surrounding temperature or pressure bath:

ensemble = "NVE";

That should be all you need.

Best regards,

 --Dan Gezelter 


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