Box Types

Box shapes
Water surfaces of different box shapes that Gromacs can generate. The solute is an extended [KIGAKI]3 peptide.

Box volumes of different box shapes for the three [KIGAKI]3 conformations. The minimum solute to wall distance was 10 Ångstrom. Volumes are reported in nm3.
box shape extended bend collapsed
triclinic 122.38 94.22 70.17
cubic 637.26 313.18 112.86
dodecahedron 450.61 221.45 79.81
octahedron 490.56 241.09 86.88

Number of atoms in the simulation box with different box shapes for the three [KIGAKI]3 conformations. The minimum solute to wall distance was 10 Ångstrom.
box shape extended bend collapsed
triclinic 11819 9107 6872
cubic 63302 31061 11135
dodecahedron 44402 21677 7805
octahedron 48596 23681 8501