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You need to be able to follow genuine diffusion - eg a liquid, a superionic, a fast interstitial...
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<div>If you fold, your msd will always tend to a constant (rather than eg a straight line with finite slope, as a function of time).</div>
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On 30 Oct 2017, at 10:13, Lorenzo Paulatto <<a href="mailto:paulatz@gmail.com">paulatz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<span>On 30/10/17 10:09, Marzari Nicola wrote:</span><br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>?? For MSD you should not fold back.</span><br>
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<span>Re-reading the question i think you are right. But I also think that it </span>
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<span>should not matter, i.e. that each atom should always stay close to its </span>
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<span>initial position. If it matters the displacements are too large, maybe </span>
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<span>the timestep is too large if doing molecular dynamics?</span><br>
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<span>cheers</span><br>
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