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Simulation algorithms and theory / Re: MaxNumberOfCoulombicSites

« on: October 04, 2019, 01:18:16 PM »

You could do some basic debugging, like setting the PrintEvery to 1 and see if it is just slow or that you are really stuck at step 0.
The latter can happen if you try to put in more molecules than fit in the simulation volume.

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Visualization / Re: Making the grid finer for adsorption surfaces

« on: October 03, 2019, 11:56:24 AM »

Currently it is using a grid of 128x128x128. Several opties are considered in future releases:
1) an option for 256x256x256
2) Use tessellation on newer videocards to create smoother surfaces.

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Announcements / New review on force fields

« on: September 30, 2019, 06:41:57 PM »

An open access review that potentially could be of interest to some members on the forum, especially those that are interested in force fields, force field types and design, implementation (gradients, second derivatives, strain derivatives), Ewald summation, polarization, optimization, parameterization, Machine Learning, and General-Purpose GPU computing:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adts.201900135

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Simulation algorithms and theory / Re: MaxNumberOfCoulombicSites

« on: September 29, 2019, 11:45:36 AM »

In open ensembles (Gibbs, grand-canonical ensemble) the number of molecules fluctuates. So if more memory is needed the code needs to realloc the memory to make it larger.

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General / Re: Superimposing pdb files using iRASPA

« on: September 19, 2019, 07:00:13 PM »

Yes, just select both files when you import the structures.

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General / Re: Status of iRASPA-QT

« on: September 18, 2019, 08:07:20 PM »

The windows/linux QT-versions has some basic functionality implemented (but still way less than the mac-version).
Windows QT version is available from the Windows store, and the linux version is available from the snap-store.

For both: good OpenGL >3.3 drivers are needed, and OpenCL drivers, which is a problem on both linux and windows.

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Input files and parameters / Re: Raspa taking more time

« on: September 12, 2019, 07:15:15 PM »

For a comparison between some MC codes (Cassandra, DL Monte, Music, Raspa and Towhee) see:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08927022.2017.1375492

There is a wide difference in the statistical value of a single MC step, however their computational performance is quite comparable.

RASPA is not optimized for speed, and meant for relatively small system-sizes. The most expensive part is usually the Ewald-summation.

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Output files / Re: Histograms produced by raspa

« on: August 31, 2019, 06:42:21 PM »

Histograms do not really have units on the y-axis. The x-axis, for energy, would be Kelvin.
You can easily figure these things out by checking the source, and check what is exactly counted and how it is written out.
See source file: sample.c, and the function 'void SampleEnergyHistogram(int Switch)'.

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Input files and parameters / Re: Average configuration as restart-file

« on: August 31, 2019, 06:37:30 PM »

Saving of snapshots is more easily done by adding them to a movie. But you could run short simulations and copy the restart-file saved at the end to another directory if the goal is to create many restart-files.

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Input files and parameters / Re: Partial atomic charges in molecule.def file?

« on: August 31, 2019, 06:34:51 PM »

That is not possible. The atoms for the molecule file needs to be defined and the charge is taken from the pseudo_atoms.def file.
So, currently, the same type of atom of a molecule must have the same properties.

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Input files and parameters / Re: Computing Pressure exerted by fluid between surfaces

« on: August 31, 2019, 06:32:41 PM »

You could add your way of computing the pressure in the source code, or modify the implemented calculation of the pressure.

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General / Re: How to define cations positon from CIF but hold its "cation attribute" in RASPA

« on: July 28, 2019, 10:24:15 AM »

To reliably model adsorption/diffusion, the mobility of the cations needs to be taken into account. For example, in FAU there are many different cation-sites with certain "occupancy" ratios. Your cation model needs to be able to reproduce that.
That is why it is hard to reach an equilibrated system and it is a good idea to, when you have generated that, to store these positions in a restart-file.
Since cations are charged, the usual CBMC biasing can lead to numerical issues, but for single-atom cations you can achieve the same with a random-translation that tries to place the cation randomly in the box.
Look in the literature for papers on modeling of zeolites with cations for more pointers.

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Output files / Re: different adsorption isotherms compare to literature

« on: July 24, 2019, 01:14:18 PM »

What do you mean with "there were no more than 2 number of adsorbent in each cycle", do you have multiple frameworks? do you mean "adsorbent" which is the framework, or "adsorbate" which means the molecules inside the framework.
"So I think something wrong about the water, maybe the increased charge of it in the MC simulation.", have you tried making it charge-neutral?

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Output files / Re: different adsorption isotherms compare to literature

« on: July 17, 2019, 07:57:43 PM »

Are you comparing your simulation to other simulations or your simulations to experiments?
For the latter you need a bigger picture view and compare the simulated isotherm to the experimental one. Usually at some pressure the isotherm shoots up due to water-water clustering, but the details of where that happens depends on many factors (especially defects).
Also, the water-model is never perfect, nor is the force field in general.

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General / Re: Using RASPA for Nanocarbons

« on: July 06, 2019, 03:36:59 PM »

Just use a cif-file describing your carbon-nanotube.