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OPLS

The OPLS (Optimized Potentials for Liquid Simulations) force field was developed by Prof. William L. Jorgensen at Purdue University and later at Yale University, and is being further developed commercially by Schrödinger, Inc.

Implementation, Functional form & Parameterization

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Implementation

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OPLS

Nodes20
Edges19
Triples54
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.1
Components1

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related to References · 25
OPLS → Am, Chem, Cite, CiteSeerX, Conformational Energetics, Crambin, Crystals, Cyclic Peptides, Development, Energy Minimizations, Jorgensen WL, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Maxwell DS, OPLS All-Atom Force Field, Organic Liquids, PMID, Properties, Proteins
related to Implementation · 12
OPLS → Abalone, BOSS, Desmond, GROMACS, Jorgensen, LAMMPS, MCPRO, NAMD, Other, PCMODEL, The, TINKER
related to Parameterization · 7
OPLS → Later, OPLS-aa, OPLS-ua, Several, There, TIP3P, TIP4P
related to Functional form · 2
OPLS → AMBER, The

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force field jorgensen developed parameters functional atoms 10 optimized simulations later form doi citeseerx displaystyle right mathrm bonds nonbonded ij

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carbohydratesinstance ofLater publications include parameters for other specific functional groups and types of molecules0.80text
TINKERinstance ofOther packages0.80text
GROMACSinstance ofOther packages0.80text
PCMODELinstance ofOther packages0.80text
Abaloneinstance ofOther packages0.80text
LAMMPSinstance ofOther packages0.80text
Desmondinstance ofOther packages0.80text
NAMD also implement OPLS force fieldsinstance ofOther packages0.80text
OPLSrelated to Functional formThe0.60section
OPLSrelated to Functional formAMBER0.60section
OPLSrelated to ImplementationThe0.60section
OPLSrelated to ImplementationBOSS0.60section

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