too high binding energy

Matt W mattwa... at gmail.com
Sun Oct 29 22:08:28 UTC 2017


Hi,

one possible problem is that you are running a periodic array of endo 
fullerenes, rather than an single isolated one (do I understand correctly 
you just want to run the individual fullerence really?). There could be 
some attractive electostatic / vdW interactions from that (though I 
wouldn't expect 0.8 eV!).

If you set PERIODIC NONE in the CELL section, and add 

&POISSON
   PSOLVER WAVELET
   PERIODIC NONE
&END

in the DFT section you will run an isolated molecule. Your molecule needs 
to be centred in the box if you use this poisson solver. You can add 

&TOPOLOGY
    &CENTER_COORDINATES

to do this automatically.

Otherwise at a quick look your setup looks to have very (meaning over the 
top) accurate settings.

Matt


On Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 1:52:46 PM UTC+1, eft rsd wrote:
>
> Dear all,
> I want to calculate binding energy of an endofullerene. The routine to do 
> so is clear to me but I am getting energy 20 kcal/mol higher than the 
> reported values. I used the highest basis set available in CP2K with the 
> vdW corrected PBE. The script I am using for geometry optimization is given 
> at the end. The optimized geometries of the individual and supra molecules 
> I get using these inputs are very much similar to the ones given by other 
> workers. It is just the high binding energy that I am not getting correct 
> even after correcting for BSSE. I cannot figure out what the reason could 
> be.. Could someone please suggest where the problem is?
> &GLOBAL
>   PROJECT      ABC
>   RUN_TYPE     GEO_OPT
>   PRINT_LEVEL  MEDIUM
>   WALLTIME     1000000
> &END GLOBAL
>
> @SET RESTART      FALSE
> @SET BASISFILE    ./BASIS_SET
> @SET PSEUDOFILE   ./GTH_POTENTIALS-05.07.13
> !@SET WAVEFILE ----------------
> @SET CUTOFF       1300
> @SET GRIDS        6
> @SET SCF_NCYCLES  800
> @SET SCF_OCYCLES  200
> @SET SCF_CONV     1E-8
> @IF ( ${RESTART} == TRUE )
>   @SET SCF_GUESS RESTART
> @ENDIF
> @IF ( ${RESTART} == FALSE )
>   @SET SCF_GUESS ATOMIC
> @ENDIF
> @SET SCF_MINI     CG
> @SET FUNCTIONAL   PBE
> @SET OUT_FORM     XYZ
> @SET OUT_UNIT     angstrom
> @SET OUT_STEPS    1
> &FORCE_EVAL
>   &PRINT
>     &FORCES
>     &END
>   &END
>   METHOD Quickstep
>   &DFT
>     BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME ${BASISFILE}
>     POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME ${PSEUDOFILE}
> @IF ( ${RESTART} == TRUE )
>     WFN_RESTART_FILE_NAME ${WAVEFILE}
> @ENDIF
>     &MGRID
>       CUTOFF ${CUTOFF}          
>       NGRIDS ${GRIDS}           
>       REL_CUTOFF 60
>     &END MGRID
>     &QS
>      METHOD GPW               
>      EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-10        
>      MAP_CONSISTENT TRUE        
>      EXTRAPOLATION ASPC         
>      EXTRAPOLATION_ORDER 3     
>     &END QS
>     &SCF
>       SCF_GUESS ${SCF_GUESS}
>       EPS_SCF 1E-8
>       MAX_SCF 800
>       ADDED_MOS 900
>       CHOLESKY INVERSE
>       &SMEAR ON
>         METHOD FERMI_DIRAC
>         ELECTRONIC_TEMPERATURE [K] 300
>       &END SMEAR
>       &DIAGONALIZATION
>         ALGORITHM STANDARD
>       &END DIAGONALIZATION
>       &MIXING
>         METHOD BROYDEN_MIXING
>         ALPHA 0.1
>         BETA 1.5
>         NBROYDEN 8
>       &END MIXING
>       &OUTER_SCF
>         EPS_SCF 5.0E-9
>         MAX_SCF 50
>       &END OUTER_SCF
>     &END SCF
>     &XC
>       &XC_FUNCTIONAL ${FUNCTIONAL}
>       &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
>       &XC_GRID
>         XC_DERIV SPLINE2
>       &END
>       &VDW_POTENTIAL
>         POTENTIAL_TYPE PAIR_POTENTIAL
>         &PAIR_POTENTIAL
>           TYPE DFTD3
>           PARAMETER_FILE_NAME ./dftd3.dat
>           REFERENCE_FUNCTIONAL PBE
>           D3_SCALING 1.0 1.217 0.722
>         &END PAIR_POTENTIAL
>       &END VDW_POTENTIAL
>     &END XC
>    &END DFT
> &SUBSYS
>     &KIND C
>         ELEMENT C
>         BASIS_SET TZV2PX-MOLOPT-GTH-q4
>         POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q4
>     &END KIND
>     &KIND O
>         ELEMENT O
>         BASIS_SET TZV2PX-MOLOPT-GTH-q6
>         POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q6
>     &END KIND
>     &KIND H
>         ELEMENT H
>         BASIS_SET TZV2PX-MOLOPT-GTH-q1
>         POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q1
>     &END KIND
>   &CELL
> A    20.000000000    0.000000000    0.000000000
> B     0.000000000   20.000000000    0.000000000
> C     0.000000000    0.000000000   20.000000000
>   &END CELL
>   &COORD
>  C    8.727500000   10.302462366   12.600119727
>  C    8.000000000   11.479582093   10.695500000
>  C    7.272500000   10.302462366   12.600119727
>  C    9.177119727   11.029962366   11.423000000
>  C    6.822880273   11.029962366   11.423000000
>  C    8.727500000    5.697537634   12.600119727
>  C    8.000000000    4.520417907   10.695500000
>  C    7.272500000    5.697537634   12.600119727
>  C    6.822880273    4.970037634   11.423000000
>  C    9.177119727    4.970037634   11.423000000
>  C    9.423000000    9.177119727   13.029962366
>  C    9.423000000    6.822880273   13.029962366
>  C    8.695500000    8.000000000   13.479582093
>  C   10.600119727    8.727500000   12.302462366
>  C   10.600119727    7.272500000   12.302462366
>  C    9.423000000    6.822880273    6.970037634
>  C    9.423000000    9.177119727    6.970037634
>  C    8.695500000    8.000000000    6.520417907
>  C   10.600119727    8.727500000    7.697537634
>  C   10.600119727    7.272500000    7.697537634
>  C    8.000000000    4.520417907    9.304500000
>  C    8.727500000    5.697537634    7.399880273
>  C    7.272500000    5.697537634    7.399880273
>  C    6.822880273    4.970037634    8.577000000
>  C    9.177119727    4.970037634    8.577000000
>  C    8.000000000   11.479582093    9.304500000
>  C    8.727500000   10.302462366    7.399880273
>  C    7.272500000   10.302462366    7.399880273
>  C    9.177119727   11.029962366    8.577000000
>  C    6.822880273   11.029962366    8.577000000
>  C    7.304500000    8.000000000    6.520417907
>  C    6.577000000    6.822880273    6.970037634
>  C    6.577000000    9.177119727    6.970037634
>  C    5.399880273    8.727500000    7.697537634
>  C    5.399880273    7.272500000    7.697537634
>  C    6.577000000    9.177119727   13.029962366
>  C    6.577000000    6.822880273   13.029962366
>  C    7.304500000    8.000000000   13.479582093
>  C    5.399880273    8.727500000   12.302462366
>  C    5.399880273    7.272500000   12.302462366
>  C   10.302462366   10.600119727   10.727500000
>  C   11.029962366    9.423000000   11.177119727
>  C   11.029962366    9.423000000    8.822880273
>  C   10.302462366   10.600119727    9.272500000
>  C   11.479582093    8.695500000   10.000000000
>  C    5.697537634   10.600119727   10.727500000
>  C    5.697537634   10.600119727    9.272500000
>  C    4.970037634    9.423000000    8.822880273
>  C    4.970037634    9.423000000   11.177119727
>  C    4.520417907    8.695500000   10.000000000
>  C    5.697537634    5.399880273   10.727500000
>  C    5.697537634    5.399880273    9.272500000
>  C    4.970037634    6.577000000    8.822880273
>  C    4.970037634    6.577000000   11.177119727
>  C    4.520417907    7.304500000   10.000000000
>  C   10.302462366    5.399880273   10.727500000
>  C   11.029962366    6.577000000   11.177119272
>  C   11.029962366    6.577000000    8.822880273
>  C   10.302462366    5.399880273    9.272500000
>  C   11.479582093    7.304500000   10.000000000
>  O    8.000000000    8.000000000   10.000000000
>  H    8.757480612    8.000000000   10.586504154
>  H    7.242519388    8.000000000   10.586504154
>   &END COORD
> &END SUBSYS
> &END FORCE_EVAL
> @SET GEO_MINI     BFGS
> @SET GEO_MAXS     1000
> &MOTION
>   &GEO_OPT
>     MINIMIZER ${GEO_MINI}
>     MAX_ITER ${GEO_MAXS}
>     MAX_DR 0.001
>     MAX_FORCE 0.0000097
>     RMS_DR 0.001
>     RMS_FORCE 0.001
>     &BFGS
>       USE_MODEL_HESSIAN TRUE
>       USE_RAT_FUN_OPT TRUE
>       TRUST_RADIUS 0.1
>     &END
>   &END GEO_OPT
>
>   &PRINT
>     &RESTART
>       LOG_PRINT_KEY T
>       &EACH
>         GEO_OPT ${OUT_STEPS}
>       &END EACH
>       ADD_LAST NUMERIC
>     &END RESTART
>     &TRAJECTORY
>       LOG_PRINT_KEY T
>       FORMAT ${OUT_FORM}
>       UNIT ${OUT_UNIT}
>       &EACH
>         GEO_OPT ${OUT_STEPS}  
>       &END EACH
>       ADD_LAST NUMERIC
>     &END TRAJECTORY
>   &END PRINT
> &END MOTION
>
> @IF ( ${RESTART} == TRUE )
>   &EXT_RESTART ON
>     RESTART_DEFAULT F
>     RESTART_FILE_NAME ${RESTARTFILE}
>     RESTART_POS T
>     RESTART_COUNTERS T
>   &END EXT_RESTART
> @ENDIF
>
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