# 2d NEB surface simulation, hop from surface to become adatom dimension 2 boundary p s p atom_style atomic neighbor 0.3 bin neigh_modify delay 5 atom_modify map array sort 0 0.0 variable u uloop 20 # create geometry with flat surface lattice hex 0.9 region box block 0 20 0 10 -0.25 0.25 #create_box 3 box #create_atoms 1 box #mass * 1.0 #write_data initial.hop1 read_data initial.hop1 # LJ potentials pair_style lj/cut 2.5 pair_coeff * * 1.0 1.0 2.5 pair_modify shift yes # initial minimization to relax surface minimize 1.0e-6 1.0e-4 1000 10000 reset_timestep 0 # define groups region 1 block INF INF INF 1.25 INF INF group lower region 1 group mobile subtract all lower set group lower type 2 timestep 0.05 # group of NEB atoms - either block or single atom ID 412 region surround block 10 18 17 20 0 0 units box group nebatoms region surround #group nebatoms id 412 set group nebatoms type 3 group nonneb subtract all nebatoms fix 1 lower setforce 0.0 0.0 0.0 fix 2 nebatoms neb 1.0 fix 3 all enforce2d thermo 100 #dump 1 nebatoms atom 10 dump.neb.$u #dump 2 nonneb atom 10 dump.nonneb.$u # run NEB for 2000 steps or to force tolerance min_style quickmin neb 0.0 0.1 1000 1000 100 final final.hop1