I am interested to generate some configurations from MD simulations which include the presence of strong magnetic field. Does anyone know any software that has some functionality to do this?
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Does anyone know any software for MD simulation which include the effect of magnetic field?
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There is certainly Lammps, which has a fix efield that allows you to apply electric field in your chosen cartesian direction. But I am not sure if it works for your purposes. You can play around with it to see.
I think that there isn't one. As the cause of the magnetic properties are the electrons, and no MD codes consider the electrons, they are unable to simulate magnetism.
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There is certainly Lammps, which has a fix efield that allows you to apply electric field in your chosen cartesian direction. But I am not sure if it works for your purposes. You can play around with it to see.
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