[CP2K-user] [CP2K:10044] convergency problem using SCAN+rVV10

Yongbin Zhuang robinz... at gmail.com
Wed May 27 08:19:37 UTC 2020


Hi Huy,
    I found a same problem with SCAN when I optimize the slab model.
    this is very helpful

On Friday, March 2, 2018 at 6:02:06 PM UTC+1, huy pham wrote:
>
> 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 
>> -------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> Juerg Hutter                         Phone : ++41 44 635 4491 
>> Institut für Chemie C                FAX   : ++41 44 635 6838 
>> Universität Zürich                   E-mail: h... at chem.uzh.ch 
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>> --------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>
>> -----c... at googlegroups.com wrote: ----- 
>> To: cp2k <c... at googlegroups.com> 
>> From: huy pham 
>> Sent by: c... at googlegroups.com 
>> 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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