MD simulation of glass

Matt W mattwa... at gmail.com
Wed Apr 12 22:24:15 UTC 2017


There is no problem using too high a cutoff, apart from performance.

You could try using the GAPW method.

Matt

On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 9:28:18 PM UTC+1, Aniruddha Dive wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to carry out MD simulation of glass (Na2SiS3) using CP2K. I am 
> not sure as to what values of Cut - off and Relative Cut - Off should be 
> suitable for these runs. For Na since it the pseudo potential is semi - 
> core, I need to use a higher cut off (~ 900Ry). But would using such a high 
> cut - off have effect on calculations related to Si and S which require a 
> considerably low cut - off values. Will this high cut - off lead to excited 
> states calculations of Si and S? I am getting the partial charges on Si to 
> be negative when I run these calculations. The partial charges I expect on 
> Si are of the order of +2.4 and on S are -1.2 but I am currently getting 
> them to be way off from those numbers. Attached hereby is the input file 
> along with the input coordinate file. 
>
>
> Here is the portion of the Mulliken Charge Analysis from output:
>
>
> !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------!
>                      Mulliken Population Analysis
>
>  #  Atom  Element  Kind  Atomic population                           Net 
> charge
>        1     Si       1          4.100719                             
> -0.100719
>        2     Si       1          4.045726                             
> -0.045726
>        3     Si       1          4.032320                             
> -0.032320
>        4     Si       1          4.224169                             
> -0.224169
>        5     Si       1          4.165061                             
> -0.165061
>        6     Si       1          4.200970                             
> -0.200970
>        7     Si       1          4.206992                             
> -0.206992
>        8     Si       1          4.119460                             
> -0.119460
>        9     Si       1          4.061532                             
> -0.061532
>       10     Si       1          4.061220                             
> -0.061220
>       11     Si       1          4.200596                             
> -0.200596
>       12     Si       1          4.185296                             
> -0.185296
>       13     Si       1          4.207879                             
> -0.207879
>       14     Si       1          4.227356                             
> -0.227356
>       15     Si       1          4.215376                             
> -0.215376
>       16     Si       1          4.060717                             
> -0.060717
>       17     Si       1          4.382398                             
> -0.382398
>       18     Si       1          4.159860                             
> -0.159860
>       19     Si       1          4.189585                             
> -0.189585
>       20     Si       1          4.036421                             
> -0.036421
>       21     Si       1          4.156344                             
> -0.156344
>       22     Si       1          4.156304                             
> -0.156304
>       23     Si       1          4.245355                             
> -0.245355
>       24     Si       1          4.203485                             
> -0.203485
>       25     Na       2          8.477253                              
> 0.522747
>       26     Na       2          8.695937                              
> 0.304063
>       27     Na       2          8.638158                              
> 0.361842
>       28     Na       2          8.557866                              
> 0.442134
>       29     Na       2          8.578021                              
> 0.421979
>       30     Na       2          8.484658                              
> 0.515342
>       31     Na       2          8.694122                              
> 0.305878
>       32     Na       2          8.416273                              
> 0.583727
>       33     Na       2          8.759774                              
> 0.240226
>       34     Na       2          8.645345                              
> 0.354655
>       35     Na       2          8.624249                              
> 0.375751
>       36     Na       2          8.645152                              
> 0.354848
>       37     Na       2          8.734614                              
> 0.265386
>       38     Na       2          8.655715                              
> 0.344285
>       39     Na       2          8.636360                              
> 0.363640
>       40     Na       2          8.750006                              
> 0.249994
>       41     Na       2          8.722905                              
> 0.277095
>       42     Na       2          8.464161                              
> 0.535839
>       43     Na       2          8.553667                              
> 0.446333
>       44     Na       2          8.432465                              
> 0.567535
>       45     Na       2          8.679302                              
> 0.320698
>       46     Na       2          8.486568                              
> 0.513432
>       47     Na       2          8.622156                              
> 0.377844
>       48     Na       2          8.591266                              
> 0.408734
>       49     Na       2          8.788040                              
> 0.211960
>       50     Na       2          8.617889                              
> 0.382111
>       51     Na       2          8.632749                              
> 0.367251
>       52     Na       2          8.601660                              
> 0.398340
>       53     Na       2          8.471636                              
> 0.528364
>       54     Na       2          8.643551                              
> 0.356449
>       55     Na       2          8.598352                              
> 0.401648
>       56     Na       2          8.904097                              
> 0.095903
>       57     Na       2          8.608580                              
> 0.391420
>       58     Na       2          8.874381                              
> 0.125619
>       59     Na       2          8.482866                              
> 0.517134
>       60     Na       2          8.637200                              
> 0.362800
>       61     Na       2          8.760227                              
> 0.239773
>       62     Na       2          8.493302                              
> 0.506698
>       63     Na       2          8.718374                              
> 0.281626
>       64     Na       2          8.990367                              
> 0.009633
>       65     Na       2          8.711820                              
> 0.288180
>       66     Na       2          8.710667                              
> 0.289333
>       67     Na       2          8.519989                              
> 0.480011
>       68     Na       2          8.506799                              
> 0.493201
>       69     Na       2          8.603574                              
> 0.396426
>       70     Na       2          8.707061                              
> 0.292939
>       71     Na       2          8.649891                              
> 0.350109
>       72     Na       2          8.573187                              
> 0.426813
>       73     S        3          6.413211                             
> -0.413211
>       74     S        3          5.934268                              
> 0.065732
>       75     S        3          6.036948                             
> -0.036948
>       76     S        3          6.321484                             
> -0.321484
>       77     S        3          5.974429                              
> 0.025571
>       78     S        3          6.303399                             
> -0.303399
>       79     S        3          6.517641                             
> -0.517641
>       80     S        3          6.336776                             
> -0.336776
>       81     S        3          6.272697                             
> -0.272697
>       82     S        3          5.857828                              
> 0.142172
>       83     S        3          5.883922                              
> 0.116078
>       84     S        3          6.311134                             
> -0.311134
>       85     S        3          6.810646                             
> -0.810646
>       86     S        3          6.113015                             
> -0.113015
>       87     S        3          6.168490                             
> -0.168490
>       88     S        3          6.256089                             
> -0.256089
>       89     S        3          6.301347                             
> -0.301347
>       90     S        3          5.947002                              
> 0.052998
>       91     S        3          6.288852                             
> -0.288852
>       92     S        3          6.156621                             
> -0.156621
>       93     S        3          6.250532                             
> -0.250532
>       94     S        3          6.445222                             
> -0.445222
>       95     S        3          6.014573                             
> -0.014573
>       96     S        3          6.454676                             
> -0.454676
>       97     S        3          6.179396                             
> -0.179396
>       98     S        3          5.887622                              
> 0.112378
>       99     S        3          6.366055                             
> -0.366055
>      100     S        3          5.951562                              
> 0.048438
>      101     S        3          6.276227                             
> -0.276227
>      102     S        3          6.193922                             
> -0.193922
>      103     S        3          6.016116                             
> -0.016116
>      104     S        3          6.464048                             
> -0.464048
>      105     S        3          6.167156                             
> -0.167156
>      106     S        3          5.933141                              
> 0.066859
>      107     S        3          6.012865                             
> -0.012865
>      108     S        3          6.157836                             
> -0.157836
>      109     S        3          6.152618                             
> -0.152618
>      110     S        3          6.329449                             
> -0.329449
>      111     S        3          6.046476                             
> -0.046476
>      112     S        3          6.178587                             
> -0.178587
>      113     S        3          6.045632                             
> -0.045632
>      114     S        3          6.232212                             
> -0.232212
>      115     S        3          6.381129                             
> -0.381129
>      116     S        3          6.002099                             
> -0.002099
>      117     S        3          6.031752                             
> -0.031752
>      118     S        3          6.134130                             
> -0.134130
>      119     S        3          5.983090                              
> 0.016910
>      120     S        3          6.431342                             
> -0.431342
>      121     S        3          6.332564                             
> -0.332564
>      122     S        3          6.245917                             
> -0.245917
>      123     S        3          6.008792                             
> -0.008792
>      124     S        3          6.028775                             
> -0.028775
>      125     S        3          6.148420                             
> -0.148420
>      126     S        3          6.381323                             
> -0.381323
>      127     S        3          6.198058                             
> -0.198058
>      128     S        3          6.344164                             
> -0.344164
>      129     S        3          6.094589                             
> -0.094589
>      130     S        3          6.028368                             
> -0.028368
>      131     S        3          6.399015                             
> -0.399015
>      132     S        3          6.092985                             
> -0.092985
>      133     S        3          6.263275                             
> -0.263275
>      134     S        3          6.430725                             
> -0.430725
>      135     S        3          6.339478                             
> -0.339478
>      136     S        3          6.226800                             
> -0.226800
>      137     S        3          6.467115                             
> -0.467115
>      138     S        3          6.031300                             
> -0.031300
>      139     S        3          6.082477                             
> -0.082477
>      140     S        3          5.936620                              
> 0.063380
>      141     S        3          6.067240                             
> -0.067240
>      142     S        3          5.926741                              
> 0.073259
>      143     S        3          6.531579                             
> -0.531579
>      144     S        3          6.271021                             
> -0.271021
>  # Total charge                            960.000000                 
> -0.000000
>
> Kindly let me know what can I do to resolve the issue.
>
> Thanking you,
>
> Regards,
> Aniruddha M Dive
> PhD Candidate
> Washington State University
>
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