[CP2K-user] [CP2K:19413] Re: CELL_OPT for periodic crystal

fabia...@gmail.com fabianducry at gmail.com
Tue Oct 24 14:24:47 UTC 2023


Is this the unit cell from the open crystallography database? If not, how 
have you modified it?

Cheers,
Fabian

On Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 16:16:45 UTC+2 Ashley Dickson wrote:

> Hi Fabian 
>
> I think this is the main issue that's confusing me. I have a unit cell of 
> YBCO with lattice parameters 3.8 3.9 11.7 (roughly), however increased the 
> cell size as it was not working.  I realise my mistake is that the 
> periodicity of the cell results in the atoms being on top of each other. In 
> order that I can retrieve accurate lattice parameters for the bulk crystal 
> how should I modify the coordinates? 
>
> Many thanks 
> Ash
>
> On Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 15:10:24 UTC+1 fabia... at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi Ashley,
>>
>> The ABC 4 4 12 seems a bit strange, are you sure this is correct? Two of 
>> the atoms are
>>
>> Cu 0 0 0
>>
>> Cu    3.820300    0.000000   11.683490
>> if your lattice is indeed 4 4 12 these two are almost on top of each 
>> other. I expect the cell is much too small which is why its size keeps 
>> increasing.
>>
>> Also, did your scf converge and are there any warnings in the output?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Fabian
>>
>> On Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 15:50:28 UTC+2 Ashley Dickson wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to perform a cell optimisation on a crystal of YBCO however 
>>> the calculations always seem to spit out nonsense (the cell volume 
>>> continually increases). I am using the structural data found on the open 
>>> crystallography database which should be accurate. Is there perhaps 
>>> something wrong with the unit cell I've chosen? The input is provided below:
>>>
>>> &FORCE_EVAL
>>>
>>>   METHOD Quickstep
>>>
>>>   &DFT
>>>
>>>     BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_MOLOPT
>>>
>>>     POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME GTH_POTENTIALS 
>>>
>>>     LSD
>>>
>>>     &POISSON
>>>
>>> POISSON_SOLVER PERIODIC 
>>>
>>> PERIODIC XYZ
>>>
>>> &END POISSON
>>>
>>>     
>>>
>>>  &MGRID
>>>
>>>       NGRIDS 5
>>>
>>>       CUTOFF 800
>>>
>>> REL_CUTOFF 60
>>>
>>>       
>>>
>>>     &END MGRID
>>>
>>>     &QS
>>>
>>>       METHOD GPW
>>>
>>>       EPS_PGF_ORB 1E-16
>>>
>>>       
>>>
>>>     &END QS
>>>
>>>     &SCF
>>>
>>>       &SMEAR ON
>>>
>>>       ELECTRONIC_TEMPERATURE 1000
>>>
>>>       METHOD FERMI_DIRAC
>>>
>>>       &END SMEAR
>>>
>>>       ADDED_MOS 700
>>>
>>>       CHOLESKY INVERSE
>>>
>>>       SCF_GUESS RESTART
>>>
>>>       EPS_SCF 1.0E-6
>>>
>>>       MAX_SCF 250
>>>
>>>       
>>>
>>>       
>>>
>>>             
>>>
>>>       &DIAGONALIZATION  ON
>>>
>>>               ALGORITHM STANDARD
>>>
>>>             &END DIAGONALIZATION
>>>
>>>             &MIXING  T
>>>
>>>                     METHOD BROYDEN_MIXING
>>>
>>>                     ALPHA 0.5
>>>
>>>     BETA 1.5
>>>
>>>                     NBUFFER 15
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>>                   &END MIXING
>>>
>>>                    
>>>
>>>     &END SCF
>>>
>>>
>>> &KPOINTS 
>>>
>>> SCHEME MONKHORST-PACK 2 2 2
>>>
>>> FULL_GRID yes
>>>
>>> SYMMETRY yes 
>>>
>>> VERBOSE yes 
>>>
>>> PARALLEL_GROUP_SIZE -1
>>>
>>> &END KPOINTS
>>>
>>>
>>>     &XC
>>>
>>>       &XC_FUNCTIONAL PBE
>>>
>>>       &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
>>>
>>> &XC_GRID
>>>
>>> USE_FINER_GRID T
>>>
>>> &END XC_GRID
>>>
>>>     &END XC
>>>
>>>
>>>   &END DFT
>>>
>>>   &SUBSYS
>>>
>>> &COORD
>>>
>>>
>>> Cu 0 0 0
>>>
>>> Y    1.910150    1.942740    5.841745
>>>
>>> Ba    1.910150    1.942740    2.148944
>>>
>>> Ba    1.910150    1.942740    9.534546
>>>
>>> Cu    0.000000    0.000000   11.683490
>>>
>>> Cu    0.000000    3.885480    0.000000
>>>
>>> Cu    0.000000    3.885480   11.683490
>>>
>>> Cu    3.820300    0.000000    0.000000
>>>
>>> Cu    3.820300    0.000000   11.683490
>>>
>>> Cu    3.820300    3.885480    0.000000
>>>
>>> Cu    3.820300    3.885480   11.683490
>>>
>>> Cu    0.000000    0.000000    4.147756
>>>
>>> Cu    0.000000    3.885480    4.147756
>>>
>>> Cu    3.820300    0.000000    4.147756
>>>
>>> Cu    3.820300    3.885480    4.147756
>>>
>>> Cu    0.000000    0.000000    7.535734
>>>
>>> Cu    0.000000    3.885480    7.535734
>>>
>>> Cu    3.820300    0.000000    7.535734
>>>
>>> Cu    3.820300    3.885480    7.535734
>>>
>>> O    0.000000    1.942740    0.000000
>>>
>>> O    0.000000    1.942740   11.683490
>>>
>>> O    3.820300    1.942740    0.000000
>>>
>>> O    3.820300    1.942740   11.683490
>>>
>>> O    1.910150    0.000000    4.418579
>>>
>>> O    1.910150    3.885480    4.418579
>>>
>>> O    1.910150    0.000000    7.264911
>>>
>>> O    1.910150    3.885480    7.264911
>>>
>>> O    0.000000    1.942740    4.403858
>>>
>>> O    3.820300    1.942740    4.403858
>>>
>>> O    0.000000    1.942740    7.279632
>>>
>>> O    3.820300    1.942740    7.279632
>>>
>>> O    0.000000    0.000000    1.850665
>>>
>>> O    0.000000    3.885480    1.850665
>>>
>>> O    3.820300    0.000000    1.850665
>>>
>>> O    3.820300    3.885480    1.850665
>>>
>>> O    0.000000    0.000000    9.832825
>>>
>>> O    0.000000    3.885480    9.832825
>>>
>>> O    3.820300    0.000000    9.832825
>>>
>>> O    3.820300    3.885480    9.832825
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> &END COORD  
>>>
>>>     &TOPOLOGY
>>>
>>>     
>>>
>>>     
>>>
>>>     &END TOPOLOGY
>>>
>>>     &CELL
>>>
>>>     SYMMETRY ORTHORHOMBIC
>>>
>>>       ABC    4 4 12
>>>
>>>       PERIODIC XYZ
>>>
>>>     
>>>
>>>     &END CELL
>>>
>>>     
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>       &KIND O
>>>
>>>         BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
>>>
>>>         POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q6
>>>
>>>       &END KIND
>>>
>>>       
>>>
>>>       &KIND Ba
>>>
>>>         BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
>>>
>>>         POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q10
>>>
>>>       &END KIND
>>>
>>>       
>>>
>>>       &KIND Y
>>>
>>>         BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
>>>
>>>         POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q11
>>>
>>>       &END KIND
>>>
>>>       
>>>
>>>       &KIND Cu
>>>
>>>         BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
>>>
>>>         POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q11
>>>
>>>       &END KIND
>>>
>>> &PRINT
>>>
>>> &CELL HIGH
>>>
>>>
>>> &END CELL
>>>
>>>
>>> &END PRINT
>>>
>>>       
>>>
>>>   &END SUBSYS
>>>
>>>   STRESS_TENSOR ANALYTICAL
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> &END FORCE_EVAL
>>>
>>> &GLOBAL
>>>
>>>   PROJECT     SZV
>>>
>>>   RUN_TYPE    CELL_OPT
>>>
>>>   PRINT_LEVEL MEDIUM
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>   &END GLOBAL
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> &MOTION
>>>
>>>
>>> &CELL_OPT
>>>
>>>
>>> KEEP_SYMMETRY .TRUE.
>>>
>>> OPTIMIZER BFGS
>>>
>>> KEEP_ANGLES
>>>
>>>
>>> EXTERNAL_PRESSURE [Pa] 100000
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> &END CELL_OPT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> &END MOTION 
>>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks for any help,
>>> Ash
>>>
>>

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