[CP2K-user] [CP2K:19624] QM/MM - Built-in vs. GROMACS interface

[Thomas Kühne]

Dear Leon, 

in my opinion the main advantages of Gromacs are the availability of tools to setup the MM part incl. 
topology and FF, easier usage in particular when you have previous grimaces knowledge and to a  
lesser extent performance. The latter, however, is for a QM/MM typically of smaller concern, since the 
relevant electrostatic interactions between the MM and QM parts are in both cases computed by the 
GEEP method of CP2K. 
So if you don’t have previous exposure to gromcas and only want to simulate solvent water by MM, 
this is pretty standard (at least in conjunction with typical fixed and flexible 3-body water models) and 
multiple examples available, e.g. https://www.cp2k.org/howto:biochem_qmmm

Greetings, 
Thomas Kühne

> Am 30.11.2023 um 10:17 schrieb Léon Luntadila Lufungula <Leon.luntadilalufungula at uantwerpen.be>:
> 
> Hi Josip,
> 
> Thanks for the clarification! I'm planning on simulating water at the MM level, so I guess that would require the interface right?
> 
> All the best,
> Léon
> On Thursday, 30 November 2023 at 10:14:13 UTC+1 Josip Lovrić wrote:
> CP2K is not so good in MM. So unless you have something super simple in MM part go for the interface.
> 
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 09:11 Léon Luntadila Lufungula <Leon.luntad... at uantwerpen.be <applewebdata://40F0D3B6-0A3B-4DFB-895A-A9D7E55D7B2F>> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I guess asking a question on a Friday evening wasn't the best timing on my side. So hopefully this second message has more succes. So, if someone could elaborate on the differences/advantages/disadvantages between the two methods, I would greatly appreciate their help!
> 
> All the best,
> Léon
> 
> On Friday, 24 November 2023 at 16:55:32 UTC+1 Léon Luntadila Lufungula wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Quick question: I plan on doing some QM/MM calculations in the coming months and I notice that there are two options to do this with CP2K: the built-in QM/MM method or interfacing CP2K with GROMACS. So I was wondering if there is any clear advantage of one over the other? If possible I would like to just use the built-in version as I have zero experience with GROMACS, but I would consider it if it would prove to be more advantageous w.r.t. functionality or performance.
> 
> All the best,
> Léon
> 
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