Can use fix/ti spring for any type of crystalline structure?

Greetings,

I would like to calculate the Gibbs free energy using the Frenkel-Ladd path and the nonequilibrium implementation suggested by Freites et al. (2016) in this paper. I found that the free energy perturbation can be done using the fix ti/spring command in lammps. My question is, can this be used for any type of crystallin, including inclusion compounds like gas hydrates with any specific potential function (say SW potential)?

Addendum to your other post - I would highly recommend obtaining a copy of the Understanding Molecular Simulation textbook by Frenkel. So long as you can tether each atom in your lattice to a spring (as far as I understand) this pathway should be valid.

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