[CP2K-user] [CP2K:19415] Re: CELL_OPT for periodic crystal

Ashley Dickson ashleydickson141 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 24 14:35:11 UTC 2023


I feel like I'm not being very clear here apologies. So, I want to obtain a 
reasonable value for the lattice parameter of YBCO. Using the current input 
file but with the coordinates given on the crystallography database 
website, I run into the issue that the simulation cell volume shrinks and 
gives unphysical results. To my mind, this means it is not treating the 
structure I have provided as periodic in space. How can I modify my input 
such that it appears to cp2k that my unitcell is repeated in space?

On Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 15:28:47 UTC+1 Ashley Dickson wrote:

> 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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