[CP2K-user] [CP2K:19414] Re: CELL_OPT for periodic crystal

Ashley Dickson ashleydickson141 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 24 14:28:47 UTC 2023


http://www.crystallography.net/cod/1000030.html

This is the unit cell from the database. When I ran the cell optimisations 
with this structure and cell parameters of ABC 3.8 3.9 11.7, the cell just 
continually shrunk to an unreasonable size. I then tried opening the cif 
file in vesta and exporting the whole unit cell as an xyz file, which is 
where I got the current coordinates from.

Many thanks
Ash


On Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 15:24:47 UTC+1 fabia... at gmail.com wrote:

> 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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