[gmx-users] Naughty Vacuum Bubble in our Vesicle

[Justin Lemkul]

On 10/28/14 6:23 AM, Björn Sommer wrote:
> Dear Rajat,
> Dear Andre,
> Dear all,
>
> thanks again for your help.
> 1) I'm simulating an united atoms model and isotropic pressure is used, not
> coarse-grained (this would be indeed more simple, because faster and much more
> examples are available).
> 2) Yes, I added additional water bubbles of different sizes only in the vacuum
> region.
> 3) I don't know the lateral tension yet, but I'll try to compute it and hand in
> this information later.
>> 4) Do you have sufficient water outside the vesicle to hydrate all the
>> lipids in the outer leaflet?
> 4) Yes, there should be enough water. I think, that this is currently not the
> problem, but we will keep this in mind.
>
> In addition, you find two snapshots, one of the vacuum bubble and one of the
> inner lipid layer coated by water:
>
> http://www.CELLmicrocosmos.org/images/downloads/cm2/WANTED_vacuum_bubble.pdf
>
> (Sorry, I just had to do this joke, Manuel! - Björn ;-)
>
> In addition I'm running a minimization run right now with a lot more water
> inside and will continue to equillibrate soon, as far as I get an useful result,
> we will inform you.
>

Does the size of the vesicle itself change at all?  My thought is that this 
could simply be a force field issue; if the surface tension in the vesicle is 
wrong, then if it gets larger over time, there's only a finite amount of water 
in the center of the vesicle, so bubbles develop.

Apologies if I've missed relevant information; I've been following the thread 
but have not had time to study it very closely.

-Justin

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