<p>where K is a prefactor, theta is the angle formed by the atoms
specified by (i,j,k,l) indices and theta0 its equilibrium value.</p>
<p>If the 4 atoms in an improper quadruplet (listed in the data file read
by the <a class="reference internal" href="read_data.html"><span class="doc">read_data</span></a> command) are ordered i,j,k,l then
<a href="#id1"><span class="problematic" id="id2">theta_</span></a><em>ijl</em> is the angle between atoms i,j and l, <a href="#id3"><span class="problematic" id="id4">theta_</span></a><em>ijk</em> is the
angle between atoms i,j and k, <a href="#id5"><span class="problematic" id="id6">theta_</span></a><em>kjl</em> is the angle between atoms
j,k, and l.</p>
<p>The “ring” improper style implements the improper potential introduced
by Destree et al., in Equation (9) of <a class="reference internal" href="#destree"><span class="std std-ref">(Destree)</span></a>. This
potential does not affect small amplitude vibrations but is used in an
ad-hoc way to prevent the onset of accidentially large amplitude
fluctuations leading to the occurrence of a planar conformation of the
three bonds i-j, j-k and j-l, an intermediate conformation toward the
chiral inversion of a methine carbon. In the “Impropers” section of
data file four atoms: i, j, k and l are specified with i,j and l lying
on the backbone of the chain and k specifying the chirality of j.</p>
<p>The following coefficients must be defined for each improper type via
the <a class="reference internal" href="improper_coeff.html"><span class="doc">improper_coeff</span></a> command as in the example
above, or in the data file or restart files read by the
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