cell_opt issues

Luca Dau luca.d... at gmail.com
Thu Apr 27 08:06:00 UTC 2017


Dear Matt

thank you for your answer. Unfortunately the energy increases during the 
optimization even when following your advice.

Regards.

Luca Dau

Il giorno mercoledì 26 aprile 2017 10:09:54 UTC+2, Matt W ha scritto:
>
> You could try using the direct cell optimization routines (TYPE 
> DIRECT_CELL_OPT), and default settings for the optimizers, they should be 
> much more efficient.
>
> Matt
>
> On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 1:48:02 PM UTC+1, Luca Dau wrote:
>>
>> please find attached all the files you need.
>>
>> Luca 
>>
>> Il giorno lunedì 24 aprile 2017 14:22:06 UTC+2, Matt W ha scritto:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I can't see anything obviously wrong with your input deck.
>>>
>>> You'd better post a sample of the output, just first couple of geometry 
>>> steps so we can see forces/gradients.
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 10:57:10 AM UTC+1, Luca Dau wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Developers 
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to optimize the cell of a 6x6x4 h-BN supercell. My problem 
>>>> is that the energy increases instead to decrease. 
>>>> I made many tests but I am not able to find the solution to this issue. 
>>>> I have attached input and geo. 
>>>> Furthermore I have a similar problem with a supercell of metallic Ti.
>>>> Could you please help me?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>> Luca
>>>>
>>>
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