<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The procedure is the same...</div><div>Interaction energy is the difference between the energy of the full system and the sum of the energies of its components.</div><div>It is in general a manybody quantity.. If you ASSUME that it derives from a two body potential (with a given angular and radial dependence) you can estimate this function from a series of calculations in different configurations. This is just an approximation, though.<br><br>stefano <div>(sent from my phone)</div></div><div><br>On 19 Jan 2014, at 14:58, Manuel Fernandes <<a href="mailto:0occam@gmail.com">0occam@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Stefano,<br><br></div>Many thanks for your response. The issue is that I would like to know this answer when the molecules are within a crystal environment so that they are interacting with many neighbours and not just interacting with each other.<br>
<br></div>Kind regards,<br><br></div>Manuel<br><div><div><br><div><div>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:39:49 +0100<br>
From: stefano de gironcoli <<a href="mailto:degironc@sissa.it">degironc@sissa.it</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] Interaction energies between molecules<br>
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the way to compute the interaction energy between two fragments is to<br>
compute the two fragments together and compare with the energy of the<br>
two separated fragments.<br>
<br>
stefano<br>
<br>
On 01/17/2014 10:32 AM, Manuel Fernandes wrote:<br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> Is there anyway to do a lattice energy calculation on an organic<br>
> crystal and then extract the interaction energy between pairs of<br>
> molecules of interest from that? What I would like to know for example<br>
> is how strongly a molecule as a whole interacts with its neighbours in<br>
> particular directions in a crystal environment.<br>
><br>
> Thanking you in advance,<br>
><br>
> Manuel Fernandes<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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