Atoms are not relaxing, but successful optimization

Samuel Lamphier samuell... at gmail.com
Wed Mar 21 17:12:54 UTC 2012


Hello all, I am modeling cerium oxide nano particles. I have prepared
input file with high cutoffs, however, I have had good luck with
optimizations. Then I discovered a problem, my atoms are not relaxing,
is there something I am doing incorrectly?

&GLOBAL
   PRINT_LEVEL  LOW
   PROJECT_NAME cell_d
   RUN_TYPE  CELL_OPT
   FLUSH_SHOULD_FLUSH  T
 &END GLOBAL
 &MOTION
   &GEO_OPT
     TYPE  MINIMIZATION
     OPTIMIZER  BFGS
     MAX_ITER             5000
     MAX_DR     2.9999999999999997E-05
     MAX_FORCE     5.0000000000000003E-06
     RMS_DR     1.4999999999999999E-05
     RMS_FORCE     5.0000000000000001E-06
     STEP_START_VAL               1
     &PRINT
       &PROGRAM_RUN_INFO
       &END PROGRAM_RUN_INFO
     &END PRINT
   &END GEO_OPT
   &CELL_OPT
     OPTIMIZER  CG
     MAX_ITER             3000
     MAX_DR     3.0000000000000001E-05
     MAX_FORCE     5.0000000000000000E-06
     RMS_DR     1.5000000000000000E-05
     RMS_FORCE     2.9999999999999997E-06
     STEP_START_VAL              1
     TYPE  GEO_OPT
     PRESSURE_TOLERANCE     1.0000000000000000E-01
     &CG
       MAX_STEEP_STEPS               0
       RESTART_LIMIT     9.4999999999999996E-01
       &LINE_SEARCH
         TYPE  2PNT
       &END LINE_SEARCH
     &END CG
   &END CELL_OPT
 &END MOTION
 &FORCE_EVAL
   METHOD  QS
   STRESS_TENSOR  ANALYTICAL
   &DFT
     CHARGE               0
     PLUS_U_METHOD MULLIKEN
     &SCF
       MAX_SCF              1000
       EPS_SCF     9.9999999999999995E-08
       SCF_GUESS  ATOMIC
       &OT  T
         MINIMIZER  DIIS
         PRECONDITIONER  FULL_ALL
         ENERGY_GAP     1.0000000000000000E-03
       &END OT
       &OUTER_SCF  T
         EPS_SCF     9.9999999999999995E-08
       &END OUTER_SCF
     &END SCF
     &QS
       EPS_DEFAULT     9.9999999999999998E-13
     &END QS
     &MGRID
       CUTOFF     3.0000000000000000E+02
     &END MGRID
     &XC
       DENSITY_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
       GRADIENT_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
       TAU_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
       &XC_GRID
         XC_SMOOTH_RHO  NONE
         XC_DERIV  SPLINE2_SMOOTH
       &END XC_GRID
       &XC_FUNCTIONAL  NO_SHORTCUT
         &PADE  T
         &END PADE
       &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
     &END XC
    &PRINT
       &MO_CUBES  SILENT
         STRIDE               1              1              1
         NLUMO               0
         NHOMO               1
         &EACH
           GEO_OPT               1
         &END EACH
       &END MO_CUBES
       &E_DENSITY_CUBE  SILENT
         STRIDE               1              1              1
         &EACH
           GEO_OPT               1
         &END EACH
       &END E_DENSITY_CUBE
       &TOT_DENSITY_CUBE  SILENT
         STRIDE               1              1              1
         &EACH
           GEO_OPT               1
         &END EACH
       &END TOT_DENSITY_CUBE
       &PDOS  SILENT
         &EACH
           GEO_OPT               1
         &END EACH
       &END PDOS
       &MULLIKEN
         &EACH
           GEO_OPT               1
         &END EACH
       &END MULLIKEN
       &LOWDIN
         &EACH
           GEO_OPT               1
         &END EACH
       &END LOWDIN
      &DFT_CONTROL_PARAMETERS
      &END DFT_CONTROL_PARAMETERS
      &PLUS_U
      &END PLUS_U
    &END PRINT
   &END DFT
   &SUBSYS
     &CELL
A  16.23402000   0.000000000    0.0000000000
B  0.000000000   16.23402000    0.0000000000
C  0.000000000   0.000000000    16.234020000
       PERIODIC XYZ
     &END CELL
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Ce           0.00000   4.05851   4.05851
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Ce          10.82268    9.46985    9.46985
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Ce           5.41134    6.76418   1.35284
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Ce           2.70567   4.05851    6.76418
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Ce           8.11701    14.88119    6.76418
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&KIND Ce
  BASIS_SET DZVP-GTH-PADE
  POTENTIAL GTH-PADE-q12
       &DFT_PLUS_U
         L 3
         U_MINUS_J [eV] 5
       &END DFT_PLUS_U
&END KIND
&KIND O
  BASIS_SET DZVP-GTH-PADE
  POTENTIAL GTH-PADE-q6
&END KIND
   &END SUBSYS
 &END FORCE_EVAL

The output cell_d-pos-1.xyz is the same as the initial starting
coordinates


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