Regarding timestep in npt simulation

Dear all

I am simulating a coarse grained p3ht:pcbm system adapted from avaliable literature. In that paper the timestep used is 10 fs, when i am doing the same i can not go beyond 2 fs at any point of time. Please if any body having any suggestions, it would be glad.

My input script is :

units real
atom_style molecular
boundary p p p

read_data data.lammps
velocity all create 423 87287

group poly type 1
group nano type 2

pair_style soft 10
pair_coeff 1 1 4.95
pair_coeff 2 2 9.35
pair_coeff 1 2 7.15

bond_style harmonic
bond_coeff 1 108.095 3.82

angle_style harmonic
angle_coeff 1 65.125 151.833

dihedral_style opls
dihedral_coeff 1 0.56 -1.08 0.28 0

min_style cg
minimize 1.0e-6 1.0e-6 100000 1000000

variable prefactor equal ramp(0,30)
fix 3 all adapt 1 pair soft a * * v_prefactor

neighbor 2.0 bin
neigh_modify every 10 delay 0 check no

fix 1 all langevin 423.0 423.0 1000.0 48279
fix 2 all nve
fix 5 all recenter 0 0 0 units box

thermo 10000
thermo_style custom step temp epair pe etotal press vol
timestep 2
run 100000

unfix 3

pair_style lj/cut 25
pair_coeff 1 1 0.26 4.95 12.375
pair_coeff 2 2 1.61 9.35 23.375
pair_coeff 1 2 0.45 7.15 17.875
pair_modify tail yes

min_style cg
minimize 1.0e-6 1.0e-6 100000 1000000
write_restart restart.min

timestep 1
run_style verlet
run 50000

equilibration

unfix 1
unfix 2
unfix 5

reset_timestep 0

pair_style lj/cut 25
pair_coeff 1 1 0.26 4.95 12.375
pair_coeff 2 2 1.61 9.35 23.375
pair_coeff 1 2 0.45 7.15 17.875
pair_modify tail yes

dump 1 poly custom 2000000 poly.lammpstrj id mol type xu yu zu
dump_modify 1 sort id

dump 2 nano custom 2000000 nano.lammpstrj id mol type xu yu zu
dump_modify 2 sort id

fix 1 all npt temp 423.0 423.0 100.0 iso 1 1 1000
fix 5 all recenter 0 0 0 units box

timestep 1.5
restart 5000000 eq
run 100000000

Dear all

I am simulating a coarse grained p3ht:pcbm system adapted from avaliable literature. In that paper the timestep used is 10 fs, when i am doing the same i can not go beyond 2 fs at any point of time. Please if any body having any suggestions, it would be glad.

Adjust your neighbor list settings. With a larger timestep, you have to rebuild more often. Running with checks disabled is a bad idea, too, unless you know your settings are safe.

Axel