Yup, that should be physically sound.


Alex


>

Dear Alex,

I have another question related to coulombtype selection. I dont want to use pbc in my system so, PME and Ewald are not good choices. If I use Reaction-field-zero and define a rcoulomb equal to my system size ( since epsilon-rf is 0 out of cutoff size) would it do the same work as finding epsilon-rf in generalized field reaction?

THANKS!



On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Maryam Kowsar <[email protected]> wrote:


If I use PME there's no need to find epsilon-rf, but I have to change some other parameters. I will try it.

Thank you very much Alex! 



On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Alex <[email protected]> wrote:

With reaction-field-zero, the only option is epsilon-rf=0. That aside, if the nanotube is small, i would use cut-off electrostatics with coulomb-cutoff comparable to the length of the tube.

If the tube is long, I would use standard pme. I would be extremely careful about using truncated electrostatics in general. Given the above, I am not sure I understand what's there to calculate, unless you mean running a simulation and _obtaining_ a dielectric property as a result. In that case, given you system, it is a completely different discussion.


Alex  


MK> Not a poorly formed but a general question! 

MK> You are right about reaction-field-zero. reaction-field leads to

MK> bad energy conservations. So, I decided to use reaction-field-zero

MK> but as I have some charges I don't know what to do with them. I

MK> have a CNT in which there are some ions. I want to calculate the

MK> epsilon-rf for it. I don't know if epsilon-rf belongs to the whole

MK> system and if so, how I should calculate it. 

MK> thanks!




MK> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Alex <[email protected]> wrote:

MK> That's a pretty poorly formed question, including the part where you

MK> actually "calculate" the epsilon-rf value. Can you please try again with

MK> a description of your system?


MK> Alex


MK>> Dear all,

MK>> I use reaction-field-zero as the coulombtype for my system. I wonder how I

MK>> should choose the right epsilon-rf. How can I calculate the dielectric

MK>> constant in the system?

MK>> Thank you.









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