Keywords

Summary of all keywords

AllowMissingParameters
Type:Bool
Default value:No
Description:When parameters are not found for bonds, angles, dihedrals, or inversions, the first entry in the database will be used.
AntechamberIntegration
Type:Bool
Default value:No
GUI name:Automatic atom typing
Description:EXPERIMENTAL: Use the Antechamber program to automatically determine atom types for the GAFF force field. This may run a geometry optimization with MOPAC under the hood in order to determine the charges (see keyword AntechamberTask), which might not work for very large systems.
AntechamberTask
Type:Multiple Choice
Default value:GeometryOptimization
Options:[GeometryOptimization, SinglePoint]
Description:If antechamber is envoked to guess atomtypes and charges (GAFF force field), select the task for charge guessing with MOPAC
APPLEnP
Type:Block
Description:Option for the APPLEnP force filed.
ThirdNeighborScaling
Type:Float
Default value:0.8
Description:Scaling factor for non-bonded interactions between atoms connected to 3rd order (via a dihedral).
BondsUsage
Type:Multiple Choice
Default value:Auto
Options:[Input, None, Guess, Auto]
Description:Controls what bonds are used by the engine. The choice auto means: guess in case there are no bonds. Guessing only happens at the first MD step, or first geometry optimization step.
CheckDuplicateRules
Type:Bool
Default value:Yes
Description:The database could contain duplicate entries. For torsions this is a feature, and the potentials will be added. For all other terms this is no allowed, and if detected the program stops. One should fix the database or set the checking to false. As always the last entry will be used.
DoChargeCheck
Type:Bool
Default value:No
Description:Check that the sum of atomic (partial) charges equals the total charge of the system.
EnergyTerms
Type:Block
Description:expert key, that allows you to disable specific energy terms.
Angle
Type:Bool
Default value:Yes
Description:Whether to use angle (bend) energy.
Coulomb
Type:Bool
Default value:Yes
Description:Whether to use coulomb energy.
Dispersion
Type:Bool
Default value:Yes
Description:Whether to use dispersion energy.
Inversion
Type:Bool
Default value:Yes
Description:Whether to use inversion energy.
Stretch
Type:Bool
Default value:Yes
Description:Whether to use stretch energy.
Torsion
Type:Bool
Default value:Yes
Description:Whether to use torsion energy.
EwaldSummation
Type:Block
Description:Configures the details of the particle mesh Ewald (PME) summation of the Coulomb interaction.
Alpha
Type:Float
Default value:-1.0
Description:This parameter shifts the workload from real space (smaller alpha) to reciprocal space (larger alpha). Using a larger [Alpha] without decreasing [GridSpacing] may increase the error in the reciprocal-space contribution. Set to zero to disable the reciprocal-space Ewald part. Negative value means the [Alpha] will be determined automatically from [Tolerance].
Enabled
Type:Bool
Default value:Yes
Description:Set to false to use real-space pair summation instead of the Ewald, which is the default and the only option for molecules, 1D and 2D periodic systems.
GridSpacing
Type:Float
Default value:0.5
Unit:Angstrom
Description:Grid spacing in the particle mesh Ewald method. Smaller grid spacing will make the reciprocal energy calculation more accurate but slower. Using a larger [Alpha] value may require a smaller GridSpacing to be accurate.
RealSpaceCutoff
Type:Float
Default value:0.0
Unit:Angstrom
Description:Set the cutoff value for the real-space summation. Zero means the internal defaults will be used depending on the [Alpha] (if Alpha=0 then the cutoff will be set to 50 Bohr, otherwise to 20 Bohr).
Tolerance
Type:Float
Default value:1e-10
Description:Value of the error function that should be used to determine the cutoff radius for real-space Ewald summation. Larger values will make the real-space summation faster but less accurate.
ForceFieldFile
Type:String
Default value:
GUI name:Force field library
Description:Path to the force field parameter file
ForceFieldPatchFile
Type:String
Default value:
GUI name:Force field patch file
Description:Path to the force field patch parameter file (additional parameters, missing from main file). Cannot be used when atomtypes are guessed.
GuessCharges
Type:Bool
Default value:No
Description:Use another engine to calculate/guess the charges to be used by the force field.
GuessChargesConfig
Type:Block
Description:Guess charges to be used by the forcefield
EngineType
Type:String
Default value:dftb
Description:Engine that can calculate or guess charges
LinearizationEnergyForRepulsion
Type:Float
Default value:3.0
Unit:Hartree
Description:The Lennard Jones potential becomes extremely repulsive at short distances. The distance is determined where the potential reaches this threshold, for smaller distances a linear expression is used, reducing the repulsion.
LoadCharges
Type:Block
Description:Load charges from a file to be used as forcefield charges
File
Type:String
Description:Name of the (kf) file
Section
Type:String
Default value:AMSResults
Description:Section name of the kf file
Variable
Type:String
Default value:Charges
Description:variable name of the kf file
NonBondedCutoff
Type:Float
Default value:15.0
Unit:Angstrom
Description:Distance beyond which the non-bonded pair interactions (Coulomb and Van der Waals) will be ignored. The interactions are smoothly damped starting from 0.9*NonBondedCutoff. Has no effect on the Coulomb term for periodic systems, as Ewald summation is used.
Type
Type:Multiple Choice
Default value:UFF
Options:[UFF, Amber95, GAFF, Tripos5.2, UserDefined]
Description:Type of force field to be used
UFF
Type:Block
Description:Option for the UFF force filed.
AtomTypesFile
Type:String
Default value:mmatomtypes_db
Description:Expert option: Select the file that defines how UFF determines the atom types
Database
Type:String
Default value:general_db
Description:Expert option: Select the file that defines the UFF parameters per atom type
ElementsFile
Type:String
Default value:elements_db
Description:Expert option: Select the file that defines the elements known to UFF
Library
Type:Multiple Choice
Default value:UFF
Options:[UFF, UFF4MOF, UFF4MOF-II]
GUI name:Force field library
Description:Selects the used parameter library.
Verbosity
Type:Multiple Choice
Default value:Silent
Options:[Silent, Normal, Verbose, VeryVerbose]
Description:Controls the verbosity of the engine.