Cp2k SCF convergence problem

Felipe Zapata tifon... at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 14:57:34 UTC 2016


Dear all,

I have been trying to do single point calculations for a MD simulation of a 
quantumdot (Cd68Se55_26HCOO). The MD simulation was done with another 
packages and now I want to compute the molecular orbitals for each point. 
For most of the points the SCF converge sucessfully but for other points 
I'm having some converge problem.

I first do a single point calculation using the OT method and then using 
that initial gues I use the following input to calculate the Molecular 
orbitals:


&FORCE_EVAL
  &DFT
    BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME  ./Cp2k/cp2k_basis/BASIS_MOLOPT
    &MGRID
      CUTOFF  400
      NGRIDS  4
    &END
    POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME  ./cp2k_basis/GTH_POTENTIALS
    &PRINT
      &MO
        ADD_LAST  NUMERIC
        &EACH
          QS_SCF  0
        &END
        EIGENVALUES
        EIGENVECTORS
        FILENAME 
 ./Quantumdots/classicTrajectory_Cd68Se55/classic_Cd68Se55/point_405/mo_coeff_405.out
        NDIGITS  36
        OCCUPATION_NUMBERS
      &END
    &END
    &QS
      METHOD  GPW
    &END
    &SCF
      &OUTER_SCF
        EPS_SCF 1.0E-7
        MAX_SCF 500
      &END
      ADDED_MOS  100
      &DIAGONALIZATION
        JACOBI_THRESHOLD  1e-06
      &END
      EPS_SCF  5e-05
      MAX_DIIS  7
      MAX_SCF  200
      &MIXING
        ALPHA 0.4
        METHOD  BROYDEN_MIXING
        NBROYDEN 8
      &END
      SCF_GUESS  RESTART
    &END
    WFN_RESTART_FILE_NAME 
 ./Quantumdots/classicTrajectory_Cd68Se55/plams.29958/plamsjob/point_405-RESTART.wfn
    &XC
      &XC_FUNCTIONAL PBE
      &END
    &END
  &END
    &SUBSYS
    &CELL
      ABC   [angstrom] 33.0 33.0 33.0
      PERIODIC  XYZ
    &END
    &KIND  C
      BASIS_SET  DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q4
      POTENTIAL  GTH-PBE-q4
    &END
    &KIND  CD
      BASIS_SET  DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q12
      POTENTIAL  GTH-PBE-q12
    &END
    &KIND  H
      BASIS_SET  DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q1
      POTENTIAL  GTH-PBE-q1
    &END
    &KIND  O
      BASIS_SET  DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q6
      POTENTIAL  GTH-PBE-q6
    &END
    &KIND  SE
      BASIS_SET  DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q6
      POTENTIAL  GTH-PBE-q6
    &END
    &TOPOLOGY
      COORD_FILE_NAME 
 ./Quantumdots/classicTrajectory_Cd68Se55/classic_Cd68Se55/point_405/coordinates_405.xyz
      COORDINATE  XYZ
    &END
  &END
&END

&GLOBAL
  PRINT_LEVEL  LOW
  PROJECT  point_405
  RUN_TYPE  ENERGY_FORCE
&END


The problem is that the SCF never converge it keep on Jumping like

 SCF WAVEFUNCTION OPTIMIZATION

  Step     Update method      Time    Convergence         Total energy   
 Change
  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     1 NoMix/Diag. 0.40E+00    6.3     0.84522228     -4649.6390448163 
-4.65E+03
     2 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.6     0.96131110     -4649.6699305732 
-3.09E-02
     3 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.7     0.11609686     -4649.5832054595 
 8.67E-02
     4 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.8     0.07416114     -4649.6039417400 
-2.07E-02
     5 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.8     0.01729699     -4649.6443739516 
-4.04E-02
     6 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.9     0.02445440     -4649.6348925566 
 9.48E-03
     7 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.9     0.03103822     -4649.6351411954 
-2.49E-04
     8 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    8.0     0.00114658     -4649.6416145735 
-6.47E-03
     9 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    8.1     0.60426960     -4649.6373542748 
 4.26E-03
    10 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.5     0.68281399     -4649.6701726108 
-3.28E-02
    11 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.7     0.08554781     -4649.5897153631 
 8.05E-02
    12 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.7     0.05092342     -4649.6084580537 
-1.87E-02
    13 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.8     0.01359178     -4649.6371949470 
-2.87E-02
    14 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.8     0.02071287     -4649.6307287482 
 6.47E-03
    15 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.9     0.03120689     -4649.6326753881 
-1.95E-03
    16 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    8.0     0.00705844     -4649.6379286529 
-5.25E-03
    17 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    8.0     0.82343001     -4649.6320356443 
 5.89E-03
    18 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.6     0.91596279     -4649.6678385355 
-3.58E-02
    19 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.7     0.11249971     -4649.5839525229 
 8.39E-02
    20 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.7     0.07057385     -4649.6014268377 
-1.75E-02
    21 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.8     0.01673834     -4649.6398071673 
-3.84E-02
    22 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.8     0.02373111     -4649.6307821358 
 9.03E-03
    23 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.9     0.02421883     -4649.6313626871 
-5.81E-04
    24 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    8.0     0.00625369     -4649.6360887050 
-4.73E-03
    25 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    8.1     0.81451803     -4649.6310548261 
 5.03E-03
    26 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.6     0.90433045     -4649.6683294326 
-3.73E-02
    27 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.7     0.11107016     -4649.5835546482 
 8.48E-02
    28 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.7     0.06947376     -4649.6010024424 
-1.74E-02
    29 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.8     0.01655600     -4649.6389548196 
-3.80E-02
    30 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.8     0.02337783     -4649.6301460537 
 8.81E-03
    31 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.9     0.02373579     -4649.6307737334 
-6.28E-04
    32 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    8.0     0.00729403     -4649.6353776821 
-4.60E-03
    33 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    8.1     0.80710648     -4649.6309035058 
 4.47E-03
    34 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.6     0.89657936     -4649.6684316925 
-3.75E-02
    35 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.7     0.11017153     -4649.5833813599 
 8.51E-02
    36 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.7     0.06877835     -4649.6008281933 
-1.74E-02
    37 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.8     0.01645468     -4649.6384845655 
-3.77E-02
    38 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.9     0.02326432     -4649.6297693665 
 8.72E-03
    39 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    7.9     0.02365685     -4649.6304524367 
-6.83E-04
    40 Broy./Diag. 0.40E+00    8.0     0.00731630     -4649.6350605681 
-4.61E-03
    ................



If I try to use the Direct Mixing method, then I got the following error,


 SCF WAVEFUNCTION OPTIMIZATION

  Step     Update method      Time    Convergence         Total energy   
 Change
  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     1 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    4.8     0.84522228     -4649.6390448163 
-4.65E+03
     2 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7     0.61513185     -4649.5851421835 
 5.39E-02
     3 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7     1.17283140     -4649.5611028412 
 2.40E-02
     4 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7     2.67694470     -4649.0561208282 
 5.05E-01
     5 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7     3.42934913     -4643.4740477837 
 5.58E+00
     6 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   230.21389660     -4410.1611504328 
 2.33E+02
     7 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   156.53481655     -1382.0737857003 
 3.03E+03
     8 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7    94.91552555      -659.8356955460 
 7.22E+02
     9 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   188.09969747     -1310.6533078835 
-6.51E+02
    10 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   216.36335400      -959.3789707307 
 3.51E+02
    11 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   140.36776849      -365.5503317119 
 5.94E+02
    12 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   142.08262186     -2168.4593416849 
-1.80E+03
    13 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   228.71605005     -1268.5148398924 
 9.00E+02
    14 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   194.24691123      -465.4361346950 
 8.03E+02
    15 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   153.73485990      -719.5330431343 
-2.54E+02
    16 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   144.60489986     -1913.6921969993 
-1.19E+03
    17 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   167.82643407     -1020.8436844043 
 8.93E+02
    18 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   157.13131120     -1296.9022888403 
-2.76E+02
    19 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   157.83912304     -1853.6888015754 
-5.57E+02
    20 P_Mix/Diag. 0.40E+00    5.7   110.14805222      -650.2493834771 
 1.20E+03


Can someone please help me?

Best,

Felipe

-- 
Felipe Zapata
Postdoctoral research fellow 
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Division of Theoretical Chemistry
De Boelelaan 1083
NL-1081 HV Amsterdam
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