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This directory contains instructions for creating a a moltemplate file
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("oplsaa.lt") containing force-field definitions relevant to the
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"ethylene" example. (However, these instructions should work
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for other molecules too.)
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First, check and see if there is an "oplsaa_subset.prm" file present.
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If not, then download this file:
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http://dasher.wustl.edu/tinker/distribution/params/oplsaa.prm
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This file is also available here:
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http://dasher.wustl.edu/ffe/distribution/params/oplsaa.prm
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and save this file as "oplsaa_subset.prm". Then you must EDIT THIS FILE
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so that it only contains atom types you plan to have in your simulation
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(see below for details). Then run the opls_moltemplate.py script this way:
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python oplsaa_moltemplate.py oplsaa_subset.prm
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This will create a file named "oplsaa.lt"
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Look over the newly created "oplsaa.lt" file.
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Then move this file to wherever you plan to run moltemplate. For example:
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----- DETAILS: Editing the "oplsaa_subset.prm" file -------
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Again, before you run "oplsaa_moltemplate.py", you must edit the "oplsaa.prm"
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file (or "oplsaa_subset.prm file) and eliminate atom types which do not
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correspond to any of the atoms in your simulation. This means you must
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look for lines near the beginning of this file which begin with the word "atom"
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and refer to atom types which appear in the simulation you plan to run. All
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other lines (beginning with the word "atom") must be deleted or commented out.
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(Leave the rest of the file alone.)
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If you were working with ethylene, you would delete every line
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beginning with the word "atom", except for these two lines:
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atom 88 47 CM "Alkene H2-C=" 6 12.011 3
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atom 89 46 HC "Alkene H-C=" 1 1.008 1
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Then you are ready to run oplsaa_moltemplate.py on this file.
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(You can try to delete more irrelevant information, but be careful.
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It is not necessary, and it is easy to make mistakes.)
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----- Using the "oplsaa.lt" file -----
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Once you have created the "oplsaa.lt" file, you can create files (like
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ethylene.lt) which define molecules that refer to these atom types.
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Here is an excerpt from "ethyelene.lt":
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Ethylene inherits OPLSAA {
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list of atoms goes here ...
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write('Data Bond List') {
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list of bonds goes here ...
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And then run moltemplate.
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----------- CHARGE: -----------
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By default, the OPLSAA force-field assigns atom charge according to atom type.
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When you run moltemplate, it will create a file named "system.in.charges",
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containing commands like:
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set type 2 charge -0.42
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set type 3 charge 0.21
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(This assumes your main moltemplate file is named "system.lt". If it was
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named something else, eg "polymer.lt", then the file created by moltemplate
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will be named "polymer.in.charges".)
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Include these commands somewhere in your LAMMPS input script
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(or use the LAMMPS "include" command to load the commands in system.in.charges)
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Note that the atom numbers (eg "2", "3") in this file will not match the
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OPLS atom numbers. (Check the output_ttree/ttree_assignments.txt file,
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created by moltemplate, to see a table of "@atom" type numbers translated
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from OPLSAA into LAMMPS.)
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----------- CREDIT -----------
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If you use these tools and you publish a paper using OPLSAA, please also cite
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the TINKER program. (Because these examples use the "oplsaa.prm" file which
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is distributed with TINKER.) I think these are the relevant citations:
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1) Ponder, J. W., & Richards, F. M. (1987). "An efficient newton‐like method for molecular mechanics energy minimization of large molecules. Journal of Computational Chemistry", 8(7), 1016-1024.
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2) Ponder, J. W, (2004) "TINKER: Software tools for molecular design", http://dasher.wustl.edu/tinker/
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Jason Lambert and Andrew Jewett
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Please email bugs to jewett.aij@gmail.com and jlamber9@gmail.com