[CP2K:10044] convergency problem using SCAN+rVV10

huy pham pchu... at gmail.com
Fri Mar 2 17:02:06 UTC 2018


Hi Juerg,

Thank you for your email.
I actually tried with different options and found that using MIXING METHOD 
DIRECT_P_MIXING helps to converge the energy.
Please part of the input below.

Anyway, I have to check very carefully the result of the SCAN functional.

Thanks,
Huy


      SCF_GUESS RESTART
      MAX_SCF 4000
      EPS_SCF 1.0E-7

      ADDED_MOS 400
      CHOLESKY OFF
      &SMEAR ON
        METHOD energy_window
        WINDOW_SIZE 0.02
      &END SMEAR
     &DIAGONALIZATION 
          ALGORITHM STANDARD 
     &END DIAGONALIZATION 
     &MIXING 
          METHOD DIRECT_P_MIXING
          ALPHA   0.1 
          BETA    1.5 
          NBROYDEN  8 
     &END 


On Friday, March 2, 2018 at 7:40:25 AM UTC-8, jgh wrote:
>
> Hi 
>
> it seems that the SCAN functional is even more sensitive to 
> the small density/gradient/tau regime. 
> For systems with large empty space with very low electron density 
> it is very difficult to get tight convergence. 
>
> regards 
>
> Juerg 
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> From: huy pham 
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> Date: 03/01/2018 07:43AM 
> Subject: [CP2K:10044] convergency problem using SCAN+rVV10 
>
> Hi All, 
>
> I have the problem with the convergence when using SCAN+rVV10 functional 
> for the very simple system with only one water molecule. 
> The convergence just fluctuate around 0.002, and can not decrease more 
> (see below). 
>
>      1 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   54.9     0.00325654       -17.2027773693 
> -4.08E-07 
>      2 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.5     0.00276549       -17.2027717490 
>  5.62E-06 
>      3 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00376733       -17.2027529642 
>  1.88E-05 
>      4 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.5     0.00424108       -17.2027547590 
> -1.79E-06 
>      5 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00315550       -17.2027413567 
>  1.34E-05 
>      6 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.4     0.00191592       -17.2027409117 
>  4.45E-07 
>      7 OT SD       0.80E-01   27.5     0.00388064       -17.2027478523 
> -6.94E-06 
>      8 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00287957       -17.2027087049 
>  3.91E-05 
>      9 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00156285       -17.2027379497 
> -2.92E-05 
>     10 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.5     0.00129428       -17.2027445179 
> -6.57E-06 
>     11 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.2     0.00161973       -17.2027517827 
> -7.26E-06 
>     12 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.5     0.00220730       -17.2027652153 
> -1.34E-05 
>     13 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   28.0     0.00127484       -17.2027571303 
>  8.09E-06 
>     14 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.5     0.00260157       -17.2027619579 
> -4.83E-06 
>     15 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.8     0.00124040       -17.2027613316 
>  6.26E-07 
>     16 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.4     0.00161009       -17.2027627322 
> -1.40E-06 
>     17 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.7     0.00270573       -17.2027633849 
> -6.53E-07 
>     18 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.5     0.00143321       -17.2027609365 
>  2.45E-06 
>     19 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00949434       -17.2027630484 
> -2.11E-06 
>     20 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00206430       -17.2027666772 
> -3.63E-06 
>     21 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.3     0.00327081       -17.2027624981 
>  4.18E-06 
>     22 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00140816       -17.2027603709 
>  2.13E-06 
>     23 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00194449       -17.2027617267 
> -1.36E-06 
>     24 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.5     0.00248205       -17.2027603408 
>  1.39E-06 
>     25 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   28.1     0.00317999       -17.2027635590 
> -3.22E-06 
>     26 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00376279       -17.2027604966 
>  3.06E-06 
>     27 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.4     0.00175908       -17.2027571292 
>  3.37E-06 
>     28 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00113761       -17.2027575317 
> -4.02E-07 
>     29 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.5     0.00631357       -17.2027592196 
> -1.69E-06 
>     30 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.7     0.00129080       -17.2027564625 
>  2.76E-06 
>     31 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.3     0.00296235       -17.2027626012 
> -6.14E-06 
>     32 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00267161       -17.2027653970 
> -2.80E-06 
>     33 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00196123       -17.2027620008 
>  3.40E-06 
>     34 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   27.6     0.00344508       -17.2027683804 
> -6.38E-06 
>
> I tried many changes that was recommended from different posts in the 
> forum (changing MINIMIZER, PRECONDITIONER, ENERGY_GAP, ...), but nothing 
> works. 
>
> I only have problem with SCAN+rVV10, I tried other functionals (B97M-rV 
> which is also MGGA+rVV10, revPBE-D3, BLYP-D3, rVV10) and they all work. I 
> don't know what was the problem. Could you please give me some suggestions? 
> Has anyone perform the calculation with SCAN/SCAN+rVV10 successfully, if 
> yes, can you send me one example of the input? 
> I installed cp2k following this post: 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/cp2k/yJP-HRqx4Y0 
>
> Thanks, 
> Huy 
>
> Below is my input 
> -------------------------------- 
> &GLOBAL 
>   PROJECT WATER 
>   RUN_TYPE ENERGY 
>   IOLEVEL  LOW 
> &END GLOBAL 
>
> &FORCE_EVAL 
>   
>   METHOD Quickstep 
>
>   &DFT 
>     
>     BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME GTH_BASIS_SETS 
>     POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME GTH_POTENTIALS 
>
>     &MGRID 
>        CUTOFF 1200 
>        NGRIDS 5 
>     &END 
>
>     &QS 
>       EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-18 
>       WF_INTERPOLATION ASPC 
>     &END QS 
>
>     &SCF                           
>     
>       SCF_GUESS RESTART 
>       MAX_SCF 40 
>       EPS_SCF 1.0E-9 
>
>       &OT 
>         MINIMIZER DIIS 
>         PRECONDITIONER FULL_ALL 
>         ENERGY_GAP 0.002 
>       &END OT 
>
>       &OUTER_SCF 
>         MAX_SCF 40 
>         EPS_SCF 1.0E-9 
>       &END OUTER_SCF 
>
>       &PRINT 
>         &RESTART 
>           &EACH 
>             MD 0 
>           &END 
>         &END RESTART 
>       &END PRINT 
>    &END SCF 
>
>       &POISSON 
>         PERIODIC NONE 
>         PSOLVER  MT 
>       &END POISSON 
>
>     &XC 
>       &XC_FUNCTIONAL 
>         &LIBXC 
>           FUNCTIONAL MGGA_X_SCAN 
>         &END LIBXC 
>         &LIBXC 
>           FUNCTIONAL MGGA_C_SCAN 
>         &END LIBXC 
>       &END XC_FUNCTIONAL 
>
>       &vdW_POTENTIAL 
>         DISPERSION_FUNCTIONAL NON_LOCAL 
>         &NON_LOCAL 
>             TYPE RVV10 
>             PARAMETERS 15.7 0.0093 
>             KERNEL_FILE_NAME rVV10_kernel_table.dat 
>         &END NON_LOCAL 
>       &END vdW_POTENTIAL 
>
>       &XC_GRID 
>          XC_DERIV NN50_SMOOTH 
>       &END XC_GRID 
>     &END XC 
>
>   &END DFT 
>   
>   &SUBSYS 
>
>     &CELL 
>       ABC 25.0 25.0 25.0 
>       PERIODIC NONE 
>     &END CELL 
>
>     &TOPOLOGY 
>       COORD_FILE_NAME file.xyz 
>       COORD_FILE_FORMAT XYZ 
>       &CENTER_COORDINATES 
>       &END 
>     &END 
>
>     &KIND H                               
>       BASIS_SET aug-QZV3P-GTH 
>       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q1             
>     &END KIND 
>
>     &KIND O 
>       BASIS_SET aug-QZV3P-GTH 
>       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q6 
>     &END KIND 
>
>     &KIND C 
>       BASIS_SET aug-QZV3P-GTH 
>       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q4 
>     &END KIND 
>
>   &END SUBSYS 
>
> &END FORCE_EVAL 
>
> &MOTION 
>   &GEO_OPT 
>     MAX_ITER 2000 
>     RMS_FORCE 1.0E-6 
>     MAX_FORCE 3.0E-6 
>     RMS_DR 1.0E-5 
>     MAX_DR 3.0E-5 
>   &END 
> &END 
>   
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