Re: [AMBER] Regarding MSD calculations in ptraj

From: Daniel Roe <daniel.r.roe.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:16:17 -0600

Hi,

Maybe there is a unit conversion issue? You don't say what units
you're comparing to, but I believe the units you will get from
analyzing the output of cpptraj/ptraj diffusion (i.e. slope_of_line *
(10/6)) is 1E-5 cm^2/s.

-Dan

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:32 AM, DEBOSTUTI GHOSHDASTIDAR
<debostutighosh.gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Amber users,
>
> I have a system comprising of dna dodecamer in a box of water (8000 water
> molecules). When I calculate the diffusion coefficient of water in this
> system, I get a value of 0.027x10^-9, which is two orders of magnitude
> slower than the experimental value. I directly plotted the data of
> water_a.xmgr output, calculated the slope and multiplied by 10/6. Am I
> missing something here.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
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> Debostuti Ghosh Dastidar
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