[CP2K:6242] Re: SCCS Continuum solvation model

Satish Kumar satis... at gmail.com
Mon Mar 23 01:27:21 UTC 2015


Hi 
Thank you for your response. I tried what you suggested.

1) When I use default values (refer in.defaults and out.default) for all 
tags within SCCS section, I do see polarization energy converging to some 
value (which I do not if is right) but the electronic minimizations do not 
converge. 

2) How does the electronic minimization work? I can see that vacuum bases 
electronic minimization takes place till EPS_SCF criteria within SCCS 
section is met. Then SCCS bases electronic minimzation occurs. After this 
is it just EPS_SCCS that determines when electronic minimization finishes? 
If not how does it work.

3) I have attaches two more input (in.*) and output (out.*). When I use 
EPS_SCF within SCCS ~E-13, I do not see any polarization energy printed 
(corresponding files are *.pol_energy). However, when I use EPS_SCF as 
default value, as above, I do see polarization enegy printed but electronic 
minimization doesn't converge.

4) Also, when I did a 1000 step electronic minimization without outer-scf 
loop, the energy corresponding to the convergence column in the output does 
not change after reaching a certain value. Corresponding seetings were: EPS_SCF 
1.0E-11 and within SCCS section: EPS_SCCS     1.0E-11, EPS_SCF     
1.01E-05. I do not understand what is happening.

Thank you.

On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 1:49:03 PM UTC-4, Matthias Krack wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Did you check, if the inner SCCS cycle for the  polarisation charge 
>  converges in each SCF iteration step? (EPS_SCCS should be tight 1E-8-1E-10)
> My further suggestions are: 
> - the DERIVATIVE_METHOD FFT requires quite high cutoff values for 
> numerical reasons, possibly 600-800 Ry. In this respect CD5 is often a 
> better choice.
> - drop the EPS_* thresholds e.g.in the XC section and use just 
> EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-14 and possibly MAP_CONSISTENT.
>
> Matthias
>
> Von meinem iPod gesendet
>
> Am 14.03.2015 um 23:02 schrieb Satish Kumar <sati... at gmail.com 
> <javascript:>>:
>
> Thank you Matthias, I now use the method and FATTEBERT-GYGI works but even 
> for just a water molecule in a cell, the calculation runs forever and does 
> not converge. I first restarted calculation from wavefunction of gas phase 
> calculation, then tried all the tags with the default values in SCCS 
> section. Finally I increased EPS_SCF within SCCS to 1.0E-04 thinking it may 
> improve convergence. But none of them helped. I am attaching the result of 
> grep-ing "OT CG" from the output file. Till EPS_SCF reaches 1.0E-04, the 
> convergence is fine but I think when the SCCS loop begins (I don't actually 
> find any explicit mention with "Print medium" about when SCF loops 
> corresponding to SCCS begins), the convergence is very oscillating. Is 
> there anything I can do to improve convergence with SCCS.
>
>
> grep "OT CG" output:
>
>  OT CG       0.64E-01    1.2     0.38492654       -16.5223537330 -1.65E+01
>      4 OT CG       0.47E-01    1.4     0.33467993       -16.8712267043 
> -3.49E-01
>      7 OT CG       0.37E-01    1.4     0.18362126       -17.1265030091 
> -2.55E-01
>     10 OT CG       0.31E-01    1.4     0.06956912       -17.1886589747 
> -6.22E-02
>     13 OT CG       0.74E-01    1.3     0.04840266       -17.2094960351 
> -2.08E-02
>     16 OT CG       0.72E-01    1.4     0.01997461       -17.2194004920 
> -9.90E-03
>     19 OT CG       0.40E-01    1.4     0.01155289       -17.2203057880 
> -9.05E-04
>     22 OT CG       0.87E-01    1.4     0.00522995       -17.2209729877 
> -6.67E-04
>     25 OT CG       0.61E-01    1.4     0.00301797       -17.2210686037 
> -9.56E-05
>     28 OT CG       0.51E-01    1.4     0.00192432       -17.2210954837 
> -2.69E-05
>     31 OT CG       0.58E-01    1.4     0.00085921       -17.2211078888 
> -1.24E-05
>     34 OT CG       0.72E-01    1.5     0.00045713       -17.2211109595 
> -3.07E-06                 #I think beyond this SCCS starts
>     37 OT CG       0.12E+00   10.5     0.03513936       -16.9374989979 
>  2.84E-01
>     40 OT CG       0.19E+00   12.8     0.53438787       -13.0284958890 
>  3.91E+00
>     43 OT CG       0.15E+00   12.6     0.18217280       -16.4652852134 
> -3.44E+00
>     46 OT CG       0.71E-01   11.4     0.07232781       -16.6107052961 
> -1.45E-01
>     49 OT CG       0.67E-01   11.0     0.02449012       -16.6312618955 
> -2.06E-02
>     52 OT CG       0.11E+00    9.7     0.00857426       -16.6349458760 
> -3.68E-03
>     55 OT CG       0.48E+00    9.4     0.01771721       -16.6370477486 
> -2.10E-03
>     58 OT CG       0.12E+01   11.8     0.06495594       -16.6625230341 
> -2.55E-02
>     61 OT CG       0.10E-01   13.1     0.05789947       -16.6669359830 
> -4.41E-03
>     64 OT CG       0.45E-01   11.0     0.03152062       -16.6795843687 
> -1.26E-02
>     67 OT CG       0.12E+00    9.9     0.01221376       -16.6858425676 
> -6.26E-03
>     70 OT CG       0.17E+00    9.6     0.01215730       -16.6872572020 
> -1.41E-03
>     73 OT CG       0.53E+00   11.9     0.03221792       -16.6915824133 
> -4.33E-03
>     76 OT CG       0.16E+00   10.5     0.04503294       -16.7005483657 
> -8.97E-03
>     79 OT CG       0.65E+00   15.5     0.19838443       -16.6988538474 
>  1.69E-03
>     82 OT CG       0.10E+01   13.5     0.69320124       -11.0634009652 
>  5.64E+00
>     85 OT CG       0.78E+00   34.4     0.57682957       -11.1232371185 
> -5.98E-02
>     88 OT CG       0.53E+00   34.2     0.66048561       -10.3342895296 
>  7.89E-01
>     91 OT CG       0.34E+00   12.4     0.41865566       -15.7784514964 
> -5.44E+00
>     94 OT CG       0.10E+00   34.0     0.29143613       -13.0784219668 
>  2.70E+00
>     97 OT CG       0.88E-01   12.5     0.24158684       -16.5534274750 
> -3.48E+00
>    100 OT CG       0.47E-01   12.2     0.05092026       -16.7441647536 
> -1.91E-01
>      1 OT CG       0.64E-01   21.9     0.28419623       -16.7524473550 
> -8.28E-03
>      4 OT CG       0.58E-01   10.5     0.18454413       -17.0578460723 
> -3.05E-01
>      7 OT CG       0.18E-01    9.4     0.14071768       -17.1058023331 
> -4.80E-02
>     10 OT CG       0.11E-01   10.0     0.11841442       -17.1118483343 
> -6.05E-03
>     13 OT CG       0.89E-04    9.3     0.11828280       -17.1118213718 
>  2.70E-05
>     16 OT CG       0.14E-03    7.1     0.11807277       -17.1117763182 
>  4.51E-05
>     19 OT CG       0.11E-05    6.7     0.11807112       -17.1117758246 
>  4.94E-07
>     22 OT CG       0.18E-05    4.9     0.11806842       -17.1117753439 
>  4.81E-07
>     25 OT CG       0.29E-05    5.6     0.11806413       -17.1117743931 
>  9.51E-07
>     28 OT CG       0.47E-05    5.6     0.11805727       -17.1117728613 
>  1.53E-06
>     31 OT CG       0.75E-05    6.9     0.11804630       -17.1117704080 
>  2.45E-06
>     34 OT CG       0.12E-04    5.8     0.11802874       -17.1117665058 
>  3.90E-06
>     37 OT CG       0.19E-04    6.3     0.11800066       -17.1117602075 
>  6.30E-06
>     40 OT CG       0.31E-04    6.5     0.11795573       -17.1117500820 
>  1.01E-05
>     43 OT CG       0.49E-04    6.5     0.11788392       -17.1117336756 
>  1.64E-05
>     46 OT CG       0.78E-04    6.8     0.11776915       -17.1117069099 
>  2.68E-05
>
> After 92 optimization steps:
>
> --------  Informations at step =    92 ------------
>   Optimization Method        =                 BFGS
>   Total Energy               =       -17.2378273186
>   Real energy change         =        -0.0000433883
>   Predicted change in energy =        -0.0000203875
>   Scaling factor             =         0.7336561632
>   Step size                  =         0.0195987283
>   Trust radius               =         0.4724315332
>   Decrease in energy         =                   NO
>   Used time                  =              179.174
>
>   Convergence check :
>   Max. step size             =         0.0195987283
>   Conv. limit for step size  =         0.0030000000
>   Convergence in step size   =                   NO
>   RMS step size              =         0.0103012527
>   Conv. limit for RMS step   =         0.0015000000
>   Convergence in RMS step    =                   NO
>   Max. gradient              =         0.0043764738
>   Conv. limit for gradients  =         0.0009725000
>   Conv. for gradients        =                   NO
>   RMS gradient               =         0.0023573863
>   Conv. limit for RMS grad.  =         0.0003000000
>   Conv. for gradients        =                   NO
>  ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Input file:
>
> &GLOBAL
>    PROJECT_NAME 4x4
>    RUN_TYPE  GEO_OPT
>  &END GLOBAL
>  &MOTION
>    &GEO_OPT
>      OPTIMIZER  BFGS
>      MAX_ITER  200
>      MAX_FORCE     9.7249999999999995E-04
>      STEP_START_VAL  90
>    &END GEO_OPT
>  &END MOTION
>  &FORCE_EVAL
>    METHOD  QS
>    &DFT
>      BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME ./GTH_BASIS_SETS_5-12-10
>      POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME ./GTH_POTENTIALS_5-12-10
>      WFN_RESTART_FILE_NAME x.wfn
>      &SCF
>        MAX_SCF  100
>        EPS_SCF     1.0000000000000001E-05
>        SCF_GUESS  ATOMIC
>        &OT  T
>          MINIMIZER  CG
>          LINESEARCH  3PNT
>          PRECONDITIONER  FULL_SINGLE_INVERSE
>        &END OT
>        &OUTER_SCF  T
>          EPS_SCF     1.0000000000000001E-05
>          MAX_SCF  20
>        &END OUTER_SCF
>      &END SCF
>      &QS
>        EXTRAPOLATION  ASPC
>        EXTRAPOLATION_ORDER  3
>      &END QS
>      &MGRID
>        NGRIDS  5
>        CUTOFF     4.8000000000000000E+02
>      &END MGRID
>      &XC
>        DENSITY_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
>        GRADIENT_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
>        TAU_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
>        &XC_FUNCTIONAL  NO_SHORTCUT
>          &PBE  T
>          &END PBE
>        &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
>      &END XC
>      &PRINT
>      &END PRINT
>      &SCCS  T
>        DERIVATIVE_METHOD  FFT
>        DIELECTRIC_CONSTANT     7.8400000000000006E+01
>        EPS_SCCS     9.9999999999999995E-07
>        EPS_SCF     5.0000000000000001E-04
>        MAX_ITER  100
>        METHOD  FATTEBERT-GYGI
>        MIXING     5.9999999999999998E-01
>        &FATTEBERT-GYGI
>          BETA     1.7000000000000000E+00
>          RHO_ZERO     5.9999999999999995E-04
>        &END FATTEBERT-GYGI
>      &END SCCS
>    &END DFT
>    &SUBSYS
>      &CELL
>        A     1.2000000000000000E+01    0.0000000000000000E+00   
>  0.0000000000000000E+00
>        B     0.0000000000000000E+00    1.3000000000000000E+01   
>  0.0000000000000000E+00
>        C     0.0000000000000000E+00    0.0000000000000000E+00   
>  1.4000000000000000E+01
>        MULTIPLE_UNIT_CELL  1 1 1
>      &END CELL
>      &COORD
> O   -7.5733907062610586E-02    8.9770405110133449E-03   
>  1.2904624124972142E-01
> H    6.5401889552783654E-01   -5.0597734685847906E-01   
>  5.1647932522805295E-01
> H   -8.1191163881804929E-01   -9.1336870679231297E-02   
>  7.6138190132564698E-01
>      &END COORD
> {
>
> basis and potential data
>
> }
>      &TOPOLOGY
>        NUMBER_OF_ATOMS  3
>        MULTIPLE_UNIT_CELL  1 1 1
>      &END TOPOLOGY
>    &END SUBSYS
>  &END FORCE_EVAL
>
> On Friday, March 13, 2015 at 2:17:54 AM UTC-4, Matthias Krack wrote:
>>
>> Hi, 
>>
>> Maybe you requested the calculation of the stress tensor, e.g. you 
>> specified the keyword STRESS_TENSOR. 
>> The presence of the SCCS method section is not sufficient. Did you select 
>> the right method using the METHOD keyword? 
>>
>> Matthias
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