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<DIV><SPAN class=793483923-03052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Can't
really help you directly (and since noone else has chipped in with something
thought I'd at least give you some direction), but with majority of things like
this two things you can do to get things going: read papers (and this emailing
list) dealing with "similar things" and play with various combinations /
procedures yourself. First bit will give you a starting point, second will
give you insight into how your own system behaves with the various procedures
and guide you to something which is "right" for it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=793483923-03052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Also,
understand what each of the steps or procedures are actually for. If
it isn't applicable to your system (since majority deal with proteins and your
nanotube is very different to that) then there is no need to do
that.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=793483923-03052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Don't
have any real idea on your axial compression, but you will apply it during the
MD part, as that is typically the production part of it all, where you
get all the information you are looking for. Most naive way I can see you
would apply the compression is by increasing the pressure in one of the axes,
along the nanotube. However, suspect it will simply rotate around in the
box when that is done. Also depends on whether it is an infinite tube
versus of finite length, what will influence the ways in which you can cause the
compression.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=793483923-03052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hope
that provides some help for you.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Catch ya,<BR><BR>Dr. Dallas Warren<BR>Lecturer<BR>Department
of Pharmaceutical Biology and Pharmacology<BR>Victorian College of Pharmacy,
Monash University<BR>381 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC
3010<BR>dallas.warren@vcp.monash.edu.au<BR>+61 3 9903
9524<BR>---------------------------------<BR>When the only tool you own is a
hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>