[CP2K-user] [CP2K:19429] Re: CELL_OPT for periodic crystal

Ashley Dickson ashleydickson141 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 25 13:59:28 UTC 2023


Hi Fabian,

I will try removing that now. thanks so much for the help!

Cheers 
Ash

On Wednesday, 25 October 2023 at 14:34:05 UTC+1 fabia... at gmail.com wrote:

> 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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