<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi All,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm trying to calculate the
energy/gradients on an OH- molecule in vacuum. I need this because I want to subtract out the intra-molecular force component from the total
force on the same OH- in a condensed phase. I am basically just interested
in the inter-molecular forces in the condensed phase.</div><div><br></div><div>There
is a "Charge" keyword in the dft section of the cp2k input file, so the
idea of calculating energy/gradients of OH- in the vacuum seems
legitimate. My question is whether the corresponding background charge that is introduced to overcome the cell non-neutrality will
couple the calculated forces in any undesired way.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div>LK</div>