QM/MM high temperature

tarak karmakar tarak... at gmail.com
Wed Feb 26 05:58:56 UTC 2014


Any suggestions?


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:00 PM, tarak karmakar <tarak... at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have set up a QM/MM system by taking an organic molecule in 40x40x40
> water box. The quantum region contains the organic molecule and 23 water
> molecules in a periodic box of 25x25x25 ang^3. Then I am trying to run a
> short NVT, the input is given below.
>
> &FORCE_EVAL
>   METHOD QMMM
> #..................................................
>   &DFT
>      CHARGE -3
>      ROKS
>      BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME  GTH_BASIS_SETS
>      POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME  GTH_POTENTIALS
>     &MGRID
>        CUTOFF 280
>        COMMENSURATE
>     &END MGRID
>
>     &SCF
>                     ## Max iterations and convergence limit for
> minimization
>      EPS_SCF 1.0e-7
>      MAX_SCF 250
>                                 ## initial wavefunction guess. If no
> restart file, does atomic?
>      SCF_GUESS RESTART                 ##atomic,restart,random,or core
>                     ## Orbital transformation method helps converge more
> rapidly
>       &OT ON
>                     ## precondition the matrix with the kinetic energy.
> Helps diagonalize quick
>     PRECOND_SOLVER INVERSE_CHOLESKY
>     PRECONDITIONER FULL_KINETIC
>                     ## Use a conjugate gradient minimizer
>     MINIMIZER CG
>     ROTATION .TRUE.
>       &END OT
>     &END SCF
>
>     &QS
>       EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-10
>       MAP_CONSISTENT
>       EXTRAPOLATION ASPC
>       EXTRAPOLATION_ORDER 3
>     &END QS
>     &XC
>       &XC_GRID
>         XC_SMOOTH_RHO NN10
>         XC_DERIV SPLINE2_SMOOTH
>       &END XC_GRID
>       &XC_FUNCTIONAL BLYP
>       &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
>     &END XC
>     &POISSON
>       POISSON_SOLVER MULTIPOLE
>       PERIODIC NONE
>     &END POISSON
>   &END DFT
>  #.....................................................
>
>   &MM
>     &FORCEFIELD
>      parm_file_name ./omp_new_parm.pot
>       parmtype CHM
>       EI_SCALE14 1.0
>       &SPLINE
>         EMAX_SPLINE 1.0E8
>         RCUT_NB 12.0
>       &END
>     &END FORCEFIELD
>
>     &POISSON
>       &EWALD
>         EWALD_TYPE spme
>         ALPHA .5
>         GMAX 37
>         O_SPLINE 6
>       &END EWALD
>     &END POISSON
>     &PRINT
>        &FF_INFO
>        &END FF_INFO
>     &END PRINT
>   &END MM
>  #..........................................................
>
>   &QMMM
>     E_COUPL GAUSS
>     USE_GEEP_LIB  7
>     &CELL
>       ABC [angstrom] 20.0 20.0 20.0
>       PERIODIC XYZ
>     &END CELL
>     &PERIODIC
>        GMAX 1
>       &MULTIPOLE
>          EWALD_PRECISION 0.000001
>          RCUT 30.0
>          ANALYTICAL_GTERM
>       &END MULTIPOLE
>     &END PERIODIC
>     &INTERPOLATOR
>         EPS_R 1.0e-14
>     EPS_X 1.0e-14
>     MAXITER 150
>     &END INTERPOLATOR
>
>     &QM_KIND C
>       MM_INDEX 2 3 7 9 12 14 16 20 24 32
>     &END QM_KIND
>     &QM_KIND H
>       MM_INDEX 6 10 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 26 171 172 756 757 960 961 1440
> 1441 1929 1930 2028 2029 2097 2098 2385 2386 2403 2404 2631 2632 2802 2803
> 2865 2866 2877 2878 3408 3409 3528 3529 3537 3538 3633 3634 3684 3685 3783
> 3784 4431 4432 4719 4720 4860 4861 5331 5332
>     &END QM_KIND
>     &QM_KIND N
>       MM_INDEX 1 5
>     &END QM_KIND
>     &QM_KIND O
>       MM_INDEX 4 8 11 18 22 27 29 30 31 33 34  170 755 959 1439 1928 2027
> 2096 2384 2402 2630 2801 2864 2876 3407 3527 3536 3632 3683 3782 4430 4718
> 4859 5330
>     &END QM_KIND
>     &QM_KIND P
>       MM_INDEX 28
>     &END QM_KIND
>   &END QMMM
> #...........................................................
>
>   &SUBSYS
>     &CELL
>       ABC [angstrom] 39.327 39.254 39.299
>       PERIODIC XYZ
>     &END CELL
>     &KIND H
>       BASIS_SET aug-TZV2P-GTH
>       POTENTIAL GTH-BLYP-q1
>     &END KIND
>     &KIND O
>       BASIS_SET aug-TZV2P-GTH
>       POTENTIAL GTH-BLYP-q6
>     &END KIND
>     &KIND N
>       BASIS_SET aug-TZV2P-GTH
>       POTENTIAL GTH-BLYP-q5
>     &END KIND
>     &KIND C
>       BASIS_SET aug-TZV2P-GTH
>       POTENTIAL GTH-BLYP-q4
>     &END KIND
>     &KIND P
>       BASIS_SET aug-TZV2P-GTH
>       POTENTIAL GTH-BLYP-q5
>     &END KIND
>     &TOPOLOGY
>       COORDINATE PDB
>       COORD_FILE_NAME ./omp_lig_af_200ps_NPT.pdb
>       CONNECTIVITY UPSF
>       CONN_FILE_NAME ./omp_lig_c_autopsf_solv_ions.psf
>     &END
>   &END SUBSYS
> &END FORCE_EVAL
>
> #****************************************************************
> &GLOBAL
>   PROJECT omp_lig_md
>   RUN_TYPE MD
>   PRINT_LEVEL MEDIUM
> &END GLOBAL
> #**************************************************************
>
> &MOTION
>   &MD
>    ENSEMBLE NVT
>    STEPS 40000
>    TIMESTEP 0.5
>    TEMPERATURE 300
>    &THERMOSTAT
>       &NOSE
>         LENGTH 3
>         YOSHIDA 3
>         TIMECON 2000
>         MTS 2
>       &END NOSE
>     &END
>     &PRINT
>       &ENERGY
>         &EACH
>           MD 100
>         &END EACH
>       &END ENERGY
>     &END PRINT
>   &END MD
>   &PRINT
>     &RESTART
>       &EACH
>         MD 100
>       &END EACH
>     &END RESTART
>     &RESTART_HISTORY OFF
>     &END RESTART_HISTORY
>
>     &TRAJECTORY SILENT
>       FORMAT DCD
>       &EACH
>         MD 100
>       &END EACH
>     &END TRAJECTORY
>
>     &VELOCITIES OFF
>           LOG_PRINT_KEY T
>           FORMAT XYZ
>           UNIT angstrom
>           &EACH
>             MD 100
>           &END EACH
>           ADD_LAST NUMERIC
>     &END VELOCITIES
>
>     &FORCES OFF
>     &END FORCES
>   &END PRINT
> &END MOTION
> #....................END......................................
>
> At the first NVT step the temperature of the system is very high
>
>
> *******************************************************************************
>  ENSEMBLE TYPE
> =                                              NVT
>  STEP NUMBER
> =                                                1
>  TIME [fs]                    =
> 0.500000
>  CONSERVED QUANTITY [hartree] =
> -0.589910746226E+03
>
>                                               INSTANTANEOUS
> AVERAGES
>  CPU TIME [s]                 =                     5909.45
> 5909.45
>  ENERGY DRIFT PER ATOM [K]    =          0.499380591190E+04
> 0.000000000000E+00
>  POTENTIAL ENERGY[hartree]    =         -0.687025973983E+03
> -0.687025973983E+03
>  TOTAL KINETIC ENERGY[hartree]=          0.971145351369E+02
> 0.971145351369E+02
>  QM KINETIC ENERGY[hartree]   =          0.891156598761E+02
> 0.891156598761E+02
>  TOTAL TEMPERATURE[K]         =                    3579.168
> 3579.168
>  QM TEMPERATURE[K]            =                  182138.939
> 182138.939
>
>  *******************************************************************************
>
>
> and then after few steps the job is coming out with the following error
>
> *** ERROR in build_neighbor_lists  ***
>  *
>
>
>  *** GEOMETRY wrong or EMAX_SPLINE too small!  ***
>
> Note: Based on previous mailing list, increase in the EMAX_SPLINE value
> did not help me.
> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> regards,
> Tarak
> Molecular Simulation Lab.
> JNCASR,
> Bangalore, India
>
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