AMBER Archive (2003)

Subject: Question about defining force field (followup)

From: FUNG WAI KEUNG (wkfung_at_acae.cuhk.edu.hk)
Date: Tue Jun 24 2003 - 23:14:10 CDT

Dear AMBER users,

> I am new to AMBER and molecular dynamic simulation. I am going to perform
> simulation on manipulating carbon nanotubes using AFM. After reading the
> manual of AMBER, I still cannot figure out how to define force field(s) to
> simulate explicitly defined movement of the AFM tip (constructed by
> atoms packed in a pyramid shape) for CNT manipulation. Does anyone has
> experience in defining similar kind of force fields?

Or, is it convenient to define similar kind of force fields in AMBER? If
not, would you please suggest any package/method to perform the
simulations?

Thanks in advance.

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Regards,
Wai-keung, Fung

Department of Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T.,
Hong Kong

Tel: (852)26098056 Fax: (852)26036002
Email: wkfung_at_acae.cuhk.edu.hk