[CP2K-user] [CP2K:19428] Re: CELL_OPT for periodic crystal

fabia...@gmail.com fabianducry at gmail.com
Wed Oct 25 13:34:05 UTC 2023


Hi Ashley,

For some reason USE_FINER_GRID T in the &XC_GRID causes the internal 
pressure to explode. Try removing it and maybe increase the CUTOFF instead. 

Cheers,
Fabian
On Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 16:48:44 UTC+2 Ashley Dickson wrote:

> This is the input file using the crystallography data:
>
> &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
>
>
> SCALED
>
> Y 0.5 0.5 0.5
>
> Ba 0.5 0.5 0.18393
>
> Cu 0 0 0
>
> Cu 0 0 0.35501
>
> O 0 0.5 0 
>
> O 0.5 0 0.37819
>
> O 0 0.5 0.37693
>
> O 0 0 0.15840
>
> &END COORD  
>
>     &TOPOLOGY
>
>     
>
>     
>
>     &END TOPOLOGY
>
>     &CELL
>
>     SYMMETRY ORTHORHOMBIC
>
>       ABC    3.8203 3.88548 11.68349
>
>       PERIODIC XYZ
>
>     &CELL_REF
>
>
> ABC 14 14 28
>
>
> &END CELL_REF
>
>     &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 CG
>
> KEEP_ANGLES
>
>
> EXTERNAL_PRESSURE [Pa] 100000
>
>
>
> &END CELL_OPT
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> &END MOTION
>
> There was no initial warning, the cell just continued to shrink and the 
> SCF did converge. The output file is attached.
>
>
> Thanks 
>
> Ash
>
> On Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 15:41:13 UTC+1 fabia... at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> The coordinates above are not a super cell from for same crystal as the 
>> one from the database. I suggest that you use the correct unit cell again. 
>> Did cp2k produce any warning during your initial cell optimization (the one 
>> that shrunk)? Did the scf properly converge? Without seeing the output it 
>> is difficult to help.
>>
>> You should probably decrease ALPHA to 0.1 or 0.2, ADDED_MOS 700 is 
>> excessive, 10 should be enough. 
>>
>> Fabian
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 16:35:11 UTC+2 Ashley Dickson wrote:
>>
>>> 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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