From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 01:01:00 2008 From: "elite 158 elite158],[gmail.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Active site visualization software Message-Id: <-36976-080515093148-17098-rqhiD4e5KPL0qU1fLkCUyA#,#server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "elite 158" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_5222_3780083.1210855005102" Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 18:06:45 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: "elite 158" [elite158(_)gmail.com] ------=_Part_5222_3780083.1210855005102 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello Sobia, Check out http://accelrys.com/ for a free visualizer ..that does more that active site visualization..:) On 5/14/08, Elaine Meng meng---cgl.ucsf.edu wrote: > > > Sent to CCL by: "Elaine Meng" [meng- -cgl.ucsf.edu] > > On May 13, 2008, at 12:48 AM, sobia ahsan halim sobia_halim],[yahoo.comwrote: > > Can any one kindly let me know about the free protein's active site > characterization, building and visualizer software. Thanks. > > > Hi Sobia, > UCSF Chimera has several features that relate, and it can be downloaded > free for noncommercial use. > > Related features include finding contacts, finding hydrogen bonds, > visualizing surface properties. If your structure is in the CASTp database, > it will also fetch pocket volume/area information and display it in a table > that interacts with the structure. There is not so much building, but you > can replace sidechains with rotamers from the Dunbrack backbone-dependent or > Richardson rotamer libraries. > > We are continually adding new features, so if you do download Chimera I > recommend getting the May 1 snapshot > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/download.html#snapshots > or an even newer daily build: > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/alpha-downloads.html > > The features are fully documented, and I just wrote a tutorial on binding > site analysis that covers several of them and links to their respective > manual pages: > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/index.html > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/tutorials/squalene.html > > I hope this helps, > Elaine > ----- > Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng*o*cgl.ucsf.edu > UCSF Computer Graphics Lab and Babbitt Lab > Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry > University of California, San Francisco > http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html> > > ------=_Part_5222_3780083.1210855005102 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
Hello Sobia,
Check out
http://accelrys.com/
 
for a free visualizer ..that does more that active site visualization..:)
 
On 5/14/08, Elaine Meng meng---cgl.ucsf.edu <owner-chemistry#ccl.net> wrote:

Sent to CCL by: "Elaine  Meng" [meng- -cgl.ucsf.edu]
> On May 13, 2008, at 12:48 AM, sobia ahsan halim sobia_halim],[yahoo.com wrote:
> Can any one kindly let me know about the free protein's active site characterization, building and visualizer software. Thanks.


Hi Sobia,
UCSF Chimera has several features that relate, and it can be downloaded free for noncommercial use.

Related features include finding contacts, finding hydrogen bonds, visualizing surface properties.  If your structure is in the CASTp database, it will also fetch pocket volume/area information and display it in a table that interacts with the structure.  There is not so much building, but you can replace sidechains with rotamers from the Dunbrack backbone-dependent or Richardson rotamer libraries.

We are continually adding new features, so if you do download Chimera I recommend getting the May 1 snapshot
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/download.html#snapshots
or an even newer daily build:
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/alpha-downloads.html

The features are fully documented, and I just wrote a tutorial on binding site analysis that covers several of them and links to their respective manual pages:
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/index.html
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/tutorials/squalene.html

I hope this helps,
Elaine
-----
Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                          meng*o*cgl.ucsf.edu
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab and Babbitt Lab
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco
                    http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html



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------=_Part_5222_3780083.1210855005102-- From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 01:35:00 2008 From: "David Gallagher gallagher.da _ gmail.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: MOPAC2007 Message-Id: <-36977-080516005909-13188-3Nj2zZwvCfCCfgRczsR8PQ*|*server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "David Gallagher" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_9596_6305329.1210910543136" Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 21:02:23 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: "David Gallagher" [gallagher.da^gmail.com] ------=_Part_9596_6305329.1210910543136 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline The online manual for MOPAC2007 provides some information on constructing data sets for solids: 1. Go to http://www.openmopac.net/manual/index.html 2. Click on "Examples" (at the top of the page) 3. Then click on "How to construct a data set" (near bottom of the page) Regards, David Gallagher CACheResearch.com On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Diego G mez darkego21|-|yahoo.com < owner-chemistry::ccl.net> wrote: > > Sent to CCL by: "Diego G mez" [darkego21:yahoo.com] > hello! > > Currently, I am trying the MOPAC2007 program to do some calculations on > solid materials. So, I want to know if anyone know a program to create the > imput file for a solid calculations wiht MOPAC2007. > > thank a lot any suggestion!! > > best regards... > > ------=_Part_9596_6305329.1210910543136 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
The online manual for MOPAC2007 provides some information on constructing data sets for solids:
 
2. Click on "Examples" (at the top of the page)
3. Then click on "How to construct a data set" (near bottom of the page)
 
Regards,
David Gallagher
CACheResearch.com
 


 
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Diego G mez darkego21|-|yahoo.com <owner-chemistry::ccl.net> wrote:

Sent to CCL by: "Diego  G  mez" [darkego21:yahoo.com]
hello!

Currently, I am trying the MOPAC2007 program to do some calculations on solid materials.  So, I want to know if anyone know a program to create the imput file for a solid calculations wiht MOPAC2007.

thank a lot any suggestion!!

best regards...

------=_Part_9596_6305329.1210910543136-- From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 04:22:01 2008 From: "Ulrike Salzner salzner:_:fen.bilkent.edu.tr" To: CCL Subject: CCL: ACPI-SuSE-QuadCore Message-Id: <-36978-080516035241-7608-10fdlFQ+i4b0B7bW1+QFKQ|-|server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Ulrike Salzner Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:14:30 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Ulrike Salzner [salzner-.-fen.bilkent.edu.tr] Dear CCLers, I bought a new QuadCore machine and installed openSuSE. The installation did not work without switching ACPI off. Now I can get only one processor to run. Has anyone solved this problem? Can I configure ACPI without reinstalling and if not what should I do? A search brought up that instead of using "ACPI=off" at boot prompt one should write "pci=nommconf". Is this correct? Thanks a lot, Ulrike Salzner From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 05:53:02 2008 From: "Tris Youngs t.youngs],[qub.ac.uk" To: CCL Subject: CCL: MOPAC2007 Message-Id: <-36979-080516043335-16149-KDD471WTE2od5dBgnMkIbw]_[server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Tris Youngs Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 08:54:21 +0100 (BST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Tris Youngs [t.youngs..qub.ac.uk] Diego, You may want to look at my own code Aten (www.projectaten.org) which handles the creation and editing of periodic systems, e.g. solids. An output filter can also be written to provide the exact input that MOPAC2007 requires. If you need any help with this, give me a shout. Tris. -- Dr. T. Youngs (t.youngs#%#qub.ac.uk) Atomistic Simulation Centre Old Physics Building Queens University Belfast Belfast, BT7 1NN, N.I. On Thu, 15 May 2008, Diego G mez darkego21|-|yahoo.com wrote: > > Sent to CCL by: "Diego G mez" [darkego21:yahoo.com] > hello! > > Currently, I am trying the MOPAC2007 program to do some calculations on solid materials. So, I want to know if anyone know a program to create the imput file for a solid calculations wiht MOPAC2007. > > thank a lot any suggestion!! > > best regards...> > > From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 06:08:01 2008 From: "Sangeetha Vimal srdshigella a gmail.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Virtual screening Message-Id: <-36980-080516060459-3308-0+AbhS9wttQ/mlzuVX9k4Q * server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Sangeetha Vimal" Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 06:04:55 -0400 Sent to CCL by: "Sangeetha Vimal" [srdshigella[#]gmail.com] Dear All, Is there any tool which can help parallel processing or distributed processing of docking softwares. I am looking for a clustering tool which can make use of idle computer/processors there by enhancing faster virtual screening. I would be glad to hear your reply. Thanks in advance. With regards Sangeetha. From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 07:52:01 2008 From: "Carsten Detering detering/a\biosolveit.de" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Virtual Screening Message-Id: <-36981-080516065813-30324-mxi/Wp1lVFRRLrYvvOKPhw]^[server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Carsten Detering" Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 06:58:10 -0400 Sent to CCL by: "Carsten Detering" [detering*biosolveit.de] Dear Sangeetha, If you are looking for a tool for parallel computing, try our distributor (www.biosolveit.de/distributor). It not only facilitates distributed computing on large input files, but it also serves as a pre- and post-processing tool and interfaces with most standard batch-queuing systems. If you have any questions, please let me know. Cheers, Carsten __________________________________________________________________ Dr. Carsten Detering; Appl. Scientist detering,biosolveit.com Phone EU: +49-2241-2525-0 / Fax: -525 www.biosolveit.com Phone US: +1-617-297-2770 BioSolveIT GmbH - An der Ziegelei 75 - 53757 St.Augustin - Germany Geschftsfhrer Dr. Christian Lemmen Amtsgericht Siegburg HRB 6261 >Is there any tool which can help parallel processing or distributed >processing of docking softwares. I am looking for a clustering tool which >can make use of idle computer/processors there by enhancing faster virtual >screening. > >I would be glad to hear your reply. > >Thanks in advance. > > >With regards > >Sangeetha. From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 11:10:00 2008 From: "David Gallagher gallagher.da]=[gmail.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: MOPAC2007 for solid state Message-Id: <-36982-080516105658-20524-Gg8xW40bhMdebL2AiQ5nfg/./server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: David Gallagher Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_4238718==.ALT" Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 07:49:45 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: David Gallagher [gallagher.da_._gmail.com] --=====================_4238718==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I forgot to mention that, if your solids are based on a repeating unit cell, there is a free utility called MAKPOL for constructing extended solids from the unit cell for input into MOPAC2007. The download link is at http://www.cacheresearch.com/mopac.html#mopac-support Also, at the bottom of this page, you will find a link to a preprint of a new paper on using MOPAC2007 for solid state. Regards, David Gallagher CACheResearch.com At 09:02 PM 5/15/2008, David Gallagher gallagher.da _ gmail.com wrote: >The online manual for MOPAC2007 provides some information on >constructing data sets for solids: > >1. Go to >http://www.openmopac.net/manual/index.html >2. Click on "Examples" (at the top of the page) >3. Then click on "How to construct a data set" (near bottom of the page) > >Regards, >David Gallagher >CACheResearch.com > > >On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Diego G mez >darkego21|-|yahoo.com <ccl.net>owner-chemistry * ccl.net> wrote: > >Sent to CCL by: "Diego G mez" [darkego21:yahoo.com] >hello! > >Currently, I am trying the MOPAC2007 program to do some calculations >on solid materials. So, I want to know if anyone know a program to >create the imput file for a solid calculations wiht MOPAC2007. >thank a lot any suggestion!! > >best regards... --=====================_4238718==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" I forgot to mention that, if your solids are based on a repeating unit cell, there is a free utility called MAKPOL for constructing extended solids from the unit cell for input into MOPAC2007. The download link is at http://www.cacheresearch.com/mopac.html#mopac-support

Also, at the bottom of this page, you will find a link to a preprint of a new paper on using MOPAC2007 for solid state.

Regards,
David Gallagher
CACheResearch.com


At 09:02 PM 5/15/2008, David Gallagher gallagher.da _ gmail.com wrote:
The online manual for MOPAC2007 provides some information on constructing data sets for solids:
 
1. Go to http://www.openmopac.net/manual/index.html
2. Click on "Examples" (at the top of the page)
3. Then click on "How to construct a data set" (near bottom of the page)
 
Regards,
David Gallagher
CACheResearch.com
 

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Diego G mez darkego21|-|yahoo.com <owner-chemistry * ccl.net> wrote:

Sent to CCL by: "Diego  G  mez" [darkego21:yahoo.com]
hello!

Currently, I am trying the MOPAC2007 program to do some calculations on solid materials.  So, I want to know if anyone know a program to create the imput file for a solid calculations wiht MOPAC2007.
thank a lot any suggestion!!

best regards...
--=====================_4238718==.ALT-- From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 12:01:00 2008 From: "Gerard Pujadas gerard.pujadas(_)gmail.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Virtual screening Message-Id: <-36983-080516075800-10018-PkvMr8611LRKpvyICSYVHw.:.server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Gerard Pujadas" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_11688_5928946.1210935811585" Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 13:03:31 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: "Gerard Pujadas" [gerard.pujadas,gmail.com] ------=_Part_11688_5928946.1210935811585 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Dear Sangeetha, > Is there any tool which can help parallel processing or distributed > processing of docking softwares. I am looking for a clustering tool which > can make use of idle computer/processors there by enhancing faster virtual > screening. > > I would be glad to hear your reply. > > Thanks in advance. > > although it is not exactly what you are asking for, the eHiTS docking tool ( http://www.simbiosys.ca/ehits/) is ready for distributing docking jobs between computers/processors. We have tested eHiTS in a single processor computer and it gives excellent re-docking results. Moreover, eHiTS is free for academic research. Hope this helps Best regards Gerard ------=_Part_11688_5928946.1210935811585 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Dear Sangeetha,


Is there any tool which can help parallel processing or distributed processing of docking softwares. I am looking for a clustering tool which can make use of idle computer/processors there by enhancing faster virtual screening.

I would be glad to hear your reply.

Thanks in advance.


although it is not exactly what you are asking for, the eHiTS docking tool (http://www.simbiosys.ca/ehits/) is ready for distributing docking jobs between computers/processors. We have tested eHiTS in a single processor computer and it gives excellent re-docking results. Moreover, eHiTS is free for academic research.

Hope this helps

Best regards

Gerard

------=_Part_11688_5928946.1210935811585-- From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 12:35:01 2008 From: "Pablo A. Denis pablod/a\fq.edu.uy" To: CCL Subject: CCL: ACPI-SuSE-QuadCore Message-Id: <-36984-080516073747-5490-+Ba3Dkx1C8WC5jJIHlha7w a server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Pablo A. Denis" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="ISO-8859-15"; reply-type=response Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 07:56:49 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: "Pablo A. Denis" [pablod#,#fq.edu.uy] Dear Ulrike, I had the same problem last month, so I installed ubuntu and everything was fine. I am very happy with it. regards, pablo ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ulrike Salzner salzner:_:fen.bilkent.edu.tr" To: "Denis, Pablo Andres " Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:14 AM Subject: CCL: ACPI-SuSE-QuadCore > > Sent to CCL by: Ulrike Salzner [salzner-.-fen.bilkent.edu.tr] > Dear CCLers, > I bought a new QuadCore machine and installed openSuSE. The > installation did not work without switching ACPI off. Now I can get > only one processor to run. Has anyone solved this problem? Can I > configure ACPI without reinstalling and if not what should I do? A > search brought up that instead of using "ACPI=off" at boot prompt one > should write "pci=nommconf". Is this correct? > Thanks a lot, > Ulrike Salznerhttp://www.ccl.net/chemistry/sub_unsub.shtmlConferences: > http://server.ccl.net/chemistry/announcements/conferences/> > > __________ NOD32 3103 (20080516) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 13:40:00 2008 From: "Simon Halstead shalstead]![hit.edu.cn" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Vapour reaction Message-Id: <-36985-080516042407-11877-hh3gn/LHy+CWPgOMlQZSHw_-_server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Simon Halstead Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 00:23:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Simon Halstead [shalstead|*|hit.edu.cn] Deal CCL, A colleague has asked me for help to perform some simulations, but I am not sure the best way to go about it. He is performing some experiments on the vapourisation of some metal and inorganic compound at opposite ends of a tube and their subsequent reaction in the vapour phase. He is interested in determining 1. the ratio of the products, 2. rates of reaction, 3. diffusion rate 4. temperatures at which the various products are formed A further complication is that both the metal and inorganic compound are heated to different temperatures. I know that the diffusion can be estimated from an NEMD simulation. I am not so clear about the others though. Any suggestions of methods / programs to calculate any of these things would be most welcome. Thanks, Simon Halstead From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 14:15:00 2008 From: "Simon Halstead shalstead a hit.edu.cn" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Vapour reaction Message-Id: <-36986-080516042421-12005-cPHtuNqf+Opiw+0j+Sy6nw{}server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Simon Halstead Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 00:24:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Simon Halstead [shalstead]![hit.edu.cn] Deal CCL, A colleague has asked me for help to perform some simulations, but I am not sure the best way to go about it. He is performing some experiments on the vapourisation of some metal and inorganic compound at opposite ends of a tube and their subsequent reaction in the vapour phase. He is interested in determining 1. the ratio of the products, 2. rates of reaction, 3. diffusion rate 4. temperatures at which the various products are formed A further complication is that both the metal and inorganic compound are heated to different temperatures. I know that the diffusion can be estimated from an NEMD simulation. I am not so clear about the others though. Any suggestions of methods / programs to calculate any of these things would be most welcome. Thanks, Simon Halstead From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 15:04:01 2008 From: "Soren Eustis soreneustis^^gmail.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: ACPI-SuSE-QuadCore Message-Id: <-36987-080516145505-23408-KPPi6HPLg9IjMnTD0WXSQQ : server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Soren Eustis" Content-language: en-us Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 13:52:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: "Soren Eustis" [soreneustis : gmail.com] This is curious. I installed OpenSuse 10.3 on a dual quad-core Xeon system fairly recently with no issues regarding the multiple processors at setup. I have checked and all 8 processors are being put to use. -----Original Message----- > From: owner-chemistry!A!ccl.net [mailto:owner-chemistry!A!ccl.net] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 1:57 AM To: Eustis, Soren Subject: CCL: ACPI-SuSE-QuadCore Sent to CCL by: "Pablo A. Denis" [pablod#,#fq.edu.uy] Dear Ulrike, I had the same problem last month, so I installed ubuntu and everything was fine. I am very happy with it. regards, pablo ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ulrike Salzner salzner:_:fen.bilkent.edu.tr" To: "Denis, Pablo Andres " Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:14 AM Subject: CCL: ACPI-SuSE-QuadCore > > Sent to CCL by: Ulrike Salzner [salzner-.-fen.bilkent.edu.tr] > Dear CCLers, > I bought a new QuadCore machine and installed openSuSE. The > installation did not work without switching ACPI off. Now I can get > only one processor to run. Has anyone solved this problem? Can I > configure ACPI without reinstalling and if not what should I do? A > search brought up that instead of using "ACPI=off" at boot prompt one > should write "pci=nommconf". Is this correct? > Thanks a lot, > Ulrike Salznerhttp://www.ccl.net/chemistry/sub_unsub.shtmlConferences: > http://server.ccl.net/chemistry/announcements/conferences/> > > __________ NOD32 3103 (20080516) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.comhttp://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_messagehttp://www.ccl.net/chemistry/sub_unsub.shtmlhttp://www.ccl.net/spammers.txt From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Fri May 16 16:32:01 2008 From: "Karen.Green**sanofi-aventis.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Vapour reaction Message-Id: <-36988-080516152450-8265-lh9FDXCUFRGoU9H75lzgPA|,|server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:51:37 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: [Karen.Green^-^sanofi-aventis.com] Dear Simon, I do not know your background so please forgive me if my comments are too basic (i.e. you are already familiar with these). It sounds like your colleague is doing experimental gas-phase molecular beam experiments in the chemical reaction dynamics field to determine reaction cross sections which theoretically can be used to obtain rate constants.=20 The key reference for molecular beam experiments is: -- Atomic and Molecular Beam Methods: Volume 1 by Giacinto Scoles et al.(Unfortunately, this is out of print, but you might be able to find this in your library)=20 Also, Yuan T. Lee won the Nobel Prize back in 1986(?) for this topic so you might also search for articles by him. I will recommend you read more on the fundamental theory of chemical/molecular reaction dynamics. For example, see books like: -- Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics by Jeffrey I. Steinfeld (Author), Joseph S. Francisco (Author), William L. Hase (Author) -- Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Chemical Reactivity by Raphael D. Levine (Author), R.B. Bernstein (Author) =20 -- Reaction Dynamics (Oxford Chemistry Primers , No 61) by M. Brouard (Author) Hope the reaction dynamics references will help you understand the theory and maybe others can help you with the software aspects, Karen -----Original Message----- > From: owner-chemistry+*+ccl.net [mailto:owner-chemistry+*+ccl.net]=20 Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 12:24 AM To: Green, Karen R&D/US Subject: CCL: Vapour reaction Sent to CCL by: Simon Halstead [shalstead]![hit.edu.cn] Deal CCL, A colleague has asked me for help to perform some simulations, but I am not sure the best way to go about it. He is performing some experiments on the vapourisation of some metal and inorganic compound at opposite ends of a tube and their subsequent reaction in the vapour phase. He is interested in determining=20 1. the ratio of the products, 2. rates of reaction, 3. diffusion rate 4. temperatures at which the various products are formed A further complication is that both the metal and inorganic compound are heated to different temperatures. I know that the diffusion can be estimated from an NEMD simulation. I am not so clear about the others though. Any suggestions of methods / programs to calculate any of these things would be most welcome. Thanks, Simon Halstead -=3D This is automatically added to each message by the mailing script = =3D-http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_messageSubscribe/Unsubscribe:=20http://www.ccl.net/spammers.txt