Calculate the number density distribution based on the molecular center of mass

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Dear,all
I want to calculate the number density distribution (1D or 2D) based on molecular center of mass in lammps, how can I do it?

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You can probably pull something together using:

  • compute chunk/atom to chunk atoms into molecules
  • compute com/chunk to produce a vector of centres of mass
  • fix ave/histo to create a histogram of centres of mass (taking into account periodic images)

Or you can do it by post-processing a trajectory. My recommendation is to go with post-processing since, if you were pulling together a list of LAMMPS commands like I suggested, you’d still need to test it and make sure it’s correct – for which you need a trajectory post-processing approach anyway.

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Indeed. For instance the DensityPlanar module of MAICoS allows for calculating density from the center-of-mass of molecules.