[CP2K:10259] MD melting problem

jie wu 4985... at qq.com
Fri May 4 06:03:52 UTC 2018


The whole input is listed below:
&GLOBAL                         ! Section with general information 
regarding which kind of simulation to perform an parameters for the whole 
PROGRAM
  PROJECT NaCl                  ! Name of the project. This word will 
appear as part of a name of all ouput files (except main ouput file, 
specified with -o option)
  RUN_TYPE MD           ! Molecular Dynamics
  PRINT_LEVEL low
&END GLOBAL


&FORCE_EVAL ! This section defines method for calculating energy and forces
  METHOD FIST ! Using Molecular Mechanics
  STRESS_TENSOR DIAGONAL_ANALYTICAL
  &MM
    &FORCEFIELD ! This section specifies forcefield parameters
      &SPLINE ! This section specifies parameters to set up the splines 
used in the nonboned interactions (both pair body potential and many body 
potential)
       EMAX_SPLINE  5.E-1
   EPS_SPLINE 1.E-6 ! Specify the maximum value of the potential up to 
which splines will be constructed
      &END   
     &NONBONDED
        &BMHFTD
          atoms Cl Cl
          A     275.10
          B     3.3958
          C     3.0742
          D     1.7217
          BD    3.2125
        &END BMHFTD
        &BMHFTD
          atoms Cl Na
          A     67.500
          B     3.2617
          C     1.0408
          D     1.1517
          BD    3.2125
        &END BMHFTD
        &BMHFTD
          atoms Na Na
          A     1.0000
          B     9.4486
          C     0.2569
          D     0.3185
          BD    3.2125
        &END BMHFTD
     &END NONBONDED
     &CHARGE
       atom Cl
       CHARGE  -1.000
     &END CHARGE
     &CHARGE
       atom Na
       CHARGE   1.000
     &END CHARGE
     &DIPOLE
       atom     Cl
       APOL     2.9637
       &DAMPING
          TYPE  Tang-Toennies
          ATOM  Na
          BIJ   3.3259
          ORDER 4
          CIJ   3.0000
       &END DAMPING
     &END DIPOLE
     &DIPOLE
       atom     Na
       APOL     0.1319
       &DAMPING
          TYPE  Tang-Toennies
          ATOM  Cl
          BIJ   3.3259
          ORDER 4
          CIJ   0.6970
       &END DAMPING
     &END DIPOLE
    &END FORCEFIELD
    &POISSON ! This section specifies parameters for the Poisson solver
      &EWALD ! This section specifies parameters for the EWALD summation 
method (for the electrostatics)
        EWALD_TYPE none ! Standard real-space coulomb potential is computed 
together with the non-bonded contributions.
      &END EWALD
    &END POISSON
&NEIGHBOR_LISTS
  GEO_CHECK TRUE
  NEIGHBOR_LISTS_FROM_SCRATCH TRUE
  VERLET_SKIN 1
    &END NEIGHBOR_LISTS 
  &END MM
  &SUBSYS ! This section defines the system
    &CELL ! Unit cell set up
      ABC 22.56 22.56 22.56 ! Lengths of the cell vectors A, B, and C
      ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90.0 90.0 90.0
      PERIODIC  XYZ
    &END CELL
    &TOPOLOGY 
     COORD_FILE_NAME  NaCl.xyz 
     COORDINATE xyz ! The type of the file  is XYZ
    &END TOPOLOGY
  &END SUBSYS
&END FORCE_EVAL

&MOTION ! This section defines a set of tool connected with the motion of 
the nuclei.
 &PRINT
 &TRAJECTORY
    LOG_PRINT_KEY T
    FORMAT XMOL
    &EACH
     MD 10000
    &END EACH
    ADD_LAST NUMERIC   
 &END TRAJECTORY
 &END PRINT
 &MD 
    ENSEMBLE NPT_I
    TEMPERATURE 2000
&BAROSTAT
  PRESSURE 1.01325 !100000 Pa
  TEMPERATURE 2000
&END BAROSTAT
&THERMOSTAT
        TYPE NOSE
         REGION MASSIVE
         &NOSE
           TIMECON 100
           LENGTH 3
           MTS 2
         &END NOSE
     &END THERMOSTAT
TIMESTEP 1.0
STEPS 100000
 &END MD

  &PRINT
    &RESTART
      LOG_PRINT_KEY T
      &EACH
        MD 10000
      &END EACH
      ADD_LAST NUMERIC
    &END RESTART
  &END PRINT
&END MOTION
 &END
&END MOTION


在 2018年5月3日星期四 UTC+8下午9:46:26,Josip Lovrić写道:
>
> Maybe wise thing to do is to check force field first, maybe you have some 
> mistake in definition of force field.
> Try to take just few atoms and check how energy evolves. If the potential 
> is wrong you will get strange values.
>
> Josip
>
> 2018-05-03 14:12 GMT+02:00 <498... at qq.com <javascript:>>:
>
>> Hello, Josip, thanks very much for the answer. The system is bulk. 10s is 
>> too long to simulate, maybe build the initial configuration based on the 
>> experimental density in random way is a good choice. However, I also 
>> encountered a problem in that way, the pre-equilibriumed system is a little 
>> larger than the experimental density evaluated volume. So in avoid to the 
>> error of 'GEOMETRY wrong or EMAX_SPLINE too small!', I set the cell abc 
>> accoording to  the pre-equilibriumed volume. With the time accumulating, I 
>> found the volume expanded in NVT ensemble which is ridiculous and holes 
>> began to form in the bulk. I don't know what caused this.
>>
>> 在 2018年5月3日星期四 UTC+8下午3:33:29,Josip Lovrić写道:
>>>
>>> Normaly, phase transitions are hard to reproduce. You are not first one 
>>> to be frustrated. Secondly 100 ps is way to short, you need to go at least 
>>> to 10s of ns and maybe if you are lucky you will see some melting. Also, do 
>>> you have slab or bulk?
>>>
>>> Josip
>>> Greetings from Gothenburg
>>>
>>> 2018-05-03 2:37 GMT+02:00 <498... at qq.com>:
>>>
>>>> Hello, everyone, I recently want simulated the melting structure of 
>>>> molten salts. The simulation begin with the crystal structure and intend to 
>>>> be melt at 3000 K in NPT ensemble, but the result is frustrating. After 100 
>>>> ps runs, the ions still in crystal structure. The parameters in the force 
>>>> field is in published paper and widely used, so I wonder maybe I write 
>>>> something of the input wrong. The input file is listed below, pls help out 
>>>> the dilemma, thanks very much.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> &GLOBAL                         ! Section with general information 
>>>> regarding which kind of simulation to perform an parameters for the whole 
>>>> PROGRAM
>>>>   PROJECT C6                    ! Name of the project. This word will 
>>>> appear as part of a name of all ouput files (except main ouput file, 
>>>> specified with -o option)
>>>>   RUN_TYPE MD           ! Molecular Dynamics
>>>>   PRINT_LEVEL low
>>>> &END GLOBAL
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> &FORCE_EVAL ! This section defines method for calculating energy and 
>>>> forces
>>>>   METHOD FIST ! Using Molecular Mechanics
>>>>   STRESS_TENSOR NUMERICAL
>>>>   &MM
>>>>     &FORCEFIELD ! This section specifies forcefield parameters
>>>>       ..........
>>>>     &END FORCEFIELD
>>>>     &POISSON ! This section specifies parameters for the Poisson solver
>>>>       &EWALD ! This section specifies parameters for the EWALD 
>>>> summation method (for the electrostatics)
>>>>         EWALD_TYPE none ! Standard real-space coulomb potential is 
>>>> computed together with the non-bonded contributions.
>>>>       &END EWALD
>>>>     &END POISSON
>>>> &NEIGHBOR_LISTS
>>>>   GEO_CHECK TRUE
>>>>   NEIGHBOR_LISTS_FROM_SCRATCH TRUE
>>>>   VERLET_SKIN 1
>>>>     &END NEIGHBOR_LISTS 
>>>>   &END MM
>>>>   &SUBSYS ! This section defines the system
>>>>     &CELL ! Unit cell set up
>>>>       ABC 22.56 22.56 22.56 ! Lengths of the cell vectors A, B, and C
>>>>       ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90.0 90.0 90.0
>>>>       PERIODIC  XYZ
>>>>     &END CELL
>>>>     &TOPOLOGY 
>>>>      COORD_FILE_NAME  NaCl.xyz 
>>>>      COORDINATE xyz ! The type of the file  is XYZ
>>>>     &END TOPOLOGY
>>>>   &END SUBSYS
>>>> &END FORCE_EVAL
>>>>
>>>> &MOTION ! This section defines a set of tool connected with the motion 
>>>> of the nuclei.
>>>>  &PRINT
>>>>  &TRAJECTORY
>>>>     LOG_PRINT_KEY T
>>>>     FORMAT XMOL
>>>>     &EACH
>>>>      MD 10000
>>>>     &END EACH
>>>>     ADD_LAST NUMERIC   
>>>>  &END TRAJECTORY
>>>>  &END PRINT
>>>>  &MD 
>>>>     ENSEMBLE NPT_I
>>>>     TEMPERATURE 3000
>>>> &BAROSTAT
>>>>   PRESSURE 0
>>>>   TEMPERATURE 3000
>>>> &END BAROSTAT
>>>> &THERMOSTAT
>>>>         TYPE NOSE
>>>>          REGION GLOBAL
>>>>          &NOSE
>>>>            TIMECON 100
>>>>            LENGTH 3
>>>>            MTS 2
>>>>          &END NOSE
>>>>      &END THERMOSTAT
>>>> TIMESTEP 1.0
>>>> STEPS 100000
>>>>  &END MD
>>>>
>>>>   &PRINT
>>>>     &RESTART
>>>>       LOG_PRINT_KEY T
>>>>       &EACH
>>>>         MD 10000
>>>>       &END EACH
>>>>       ADD_LAST NUMERIC
>>>>     &END RESTART
>>>>   &END PRINT
>>>> &END MOTION
>>>>  &END
>>>> &END MOTION
>>>>
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