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To: Greg Lakatos <greg@fjohn.stanford.edu>
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Subject: CCL:Electromagnetic waves within CHARMm
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Greg Lakatos writes:

 > Does anyone know if it is possible to have CHARMm simulate the effects of
 > an EM wave interacting with a macromolecule?  In particular, is
 > there a way to get CHARMm to compute the Lorentz force acting on an atom
 > given the wavevector, polarization, amplitude, and frequency of the wave?

I'm also interested in an answer to this, with an angle on NEMS (nano
electro mechanical systems) utilizing optics and generally operating
in a high energy density dissipation regime.