[CP2K-user] [CP2K:20820] SCCS Convergence issue

Quadri Olakunle Adewuyi oq.adewuyi at gmail.com
Sat Oct 26 18:17:09 UTC 2024


Dear CP2K Experts,

I run geometry optimization with SCCS implicit solvent, but SCCS does not
converge after 200 iterations.
Kindly help me check if I am missing something
here is my input and output details below

&GLOBAL

  PROJECT POMI

  RUN_TYPE GEO_OPT

  PRINT_LEVEL MEDIUM

&END GLOBAL

&FORCE_EVAL

  METHOD Quickstep

  &DFT

    BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME  BASIS_MOLOPT

    POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME  GTH_POTENTIALS

    !Charge and Multiplicity

    Charge 0

    MULTIPLICITY 1

    &MGRID

      CUTOFF 700

      NGRIDS 4

      REL_CUTOFF 60

    &END MGRID

    &QS

      EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-10

    &END QS

    &SCF

      SCF_GUESS ATOMIC

      EPS_SCF 1.0E-5

      MAX_SCF 500

      &OT ON

        MINIMIZER DIIS

      &END OT

    &END SCF

    &POISSON

      PERIODIC NONE

      POISSON_SOLVER MT

    &END POISSON

    &XC

      &XC_FUNCTIONAL

        &PBE

          PARAMETRIZATION revPBE

        &END PBE

      &END XC_FUNCTIONAL

      &VDW_POTENTIAL

        POTENTIAL_TYPE PAIR_POTENTIAL

        &PAIR_POTENTIAL

         PARAMETER_FILE_NAME dftd3.dat

         TYPE DFTD3(BJ)

         REFERENCE_FUNCTIONAL PBE

         R_CUTOFF [angstrom] 16

        &END PAIR_POTENTIAL

      &END VDW_POTENTIAL

    &END XC

     &SCCS ON

     DERIVATIVE_METHOD FFT

     DIELECTRIC_CONSTANT 78.36

     EPS_SCCS 1.0E-6

     EPS_SCF  1.0E-5

     MAX_ITER 200

     METHOD ANDREUSSI

     !METHOD FATTEBERT-GYGI

     MIXING 0.2

     &ANDREUSSI

      RHO_MAX 0.001

      RHO_MIN 0.0001

     &END ANDREUSSI

     !&FATTEBERT-GYGI

      !BETA 1.3

      !RHO_ZERO 0.0004

     !&END FATTEBERT-GYGI

    &END SCCS

  &END DFT

  &SUBSYS

    &TOPOLOGY

      COORD_FILE_NAME POMl.xyz

      COORD_FILE_FORMAT XYZ

    &END TOPOLOGY

     &CELL

      ! unit cells that are orthorhombic are more efficient with CP2K

A [angstrom]       36.00000000   0.000000000   0.000000000

B [angstrom]       0.000000000   36.00000000   0.000000000

C [angstrom]       0.000000000   0.000000000   36.00000000

      PERIODIC NONE

    &END CELL

    &KIND W

      ELEMENT W

      BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH

      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q14

    &END KIND

    &KIND P

      ELEMENT P

      BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH

      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q5

    &END KIND

    &KIND O

      ELEMENT O

      BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH

      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q6

    &END KIND

    &KIND H

     ELEMENT H

     BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH

     POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q1

    &END KIND

  &END SUBSYS

  &PRINT

    &TOTAL_NUMBERS  ON

    &END TOTAL_NUMBERS

  &END PRINT

&END FORCE_EVAL

&MOTION

  &GEO_OPT

    TYPE MINIMIZATION

    MAX_ITER 200

    OPTIMIZER LBFGS

    &LBFGS

      MAX_F_PER_ITER 20

    &END LBFGS

  &END GEO_OPT

&END MOTION



here is the output

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

     1 OT CG       0.15E+00  295.6     0.00073221     -3858.9269373219
-3.86E+03


 *** WARNING in qs_sccs.F:594 :: The SCCS iteration cycle did not converge
***

 *** in 200 steps
***


     2 OT LS       0.60E+00  791.6                    -3860.5237639880

     3 OT CG       0.60E+00  347.1     0.00088457     -3858.9883305609
-6.14E-02

     4 OT LS       0.60E-02  330.8                    -3858.0304951763

     5 OT CG       0.60E-02  233.0     0.00088692     -3858.9868935523
1.44E-03

     6 OT LS       0.11E-01  250.0                    -3858.9914525675

     7 OT CG       0.11E-01  270.8     0.00084581     -3858.9954528356
-8.56E-03

     8 OT LS       0.20E-01  462.9                    -3859.0030589695

     9 OT CG       0.20E-01  471.2     0.00079042     -3859.0171304820
-2.17E-02


 *** WARNING in qs_sccs.F:594 :: The SCCS iteration cycle did not converge
***

 *** in 200 steps
***


    10 OT LS       0.79E-01  756.4                    -3859.3170317584


 *** WARNING in qs_sccs.F:594 :: The SCCS iteration cycle did not converge
***

 *** in 200 steps
***


    11 OT CG       0.79E-01  789.4   351.12465571     -4029.5115025971
-1.70E+02

    12 OT LS       0.40E-01  280.1                    -3798.2663029849

    13 OT CG       0.40E-01  213.4     0.01133245     -3806.9423627571
2.23E+02

    14 OT LS       0.16E+00  162.5                    -3812.8065913366

    15 OT CG       0.16E+00  210.6     0.00805198     -3826.1089223976
-1.92E+01

    16 OT LS       0.63E+00  189.0                    -3838.1840259780

    17 OT CG       0.63E+00  139.3     0.01014323     -3836.3256620356
-1.02E+01

    18 OT LS       0.69E-01  178.3                    -3783.3719988474

    19 OT CG       0.69E-01  191.3     0.00797083     -3836.4177607144
-9.21E-02





However when I changed the EPS under the SCCS section as below, it did
converge. Still, it did not give information about solvation-free and
polarization energy which makes with and without solvent have the same
energy.                               &SCCS ON

     DERIVATIVE_METHOD FFT

     DIELECTRIC_CONSTANT 78.36

     EPS_SCCS 1.0E-7

     EPS_SCF  1.0E-6





output


  Electronic density on regular grids:      -1119.9999756896
0.0000243104

  Core density on regular grids:             1119.9999999412
-0.0000000588

  Total charge density on r-space grids:        0.0000242516

  Total charge density g-space grids:           0.0000242516


  Overlap energy of the core charge distribution:
0.00003421286733

  Self energy of the core charge distribution:
-7742.74303176718968

  Core Hamiltonian energy:
1994.07265119910176

  Hartree energy:
2522.08940846651103

  Exchange-correlation energy:
-632.17490075971477

  Dispersion energy:
-0.55798902100351


  SCCS| Hartree energy of solute and solvent [Hartree]
2522.08940846651103

  SCCS| Hartree energy of the solute only    [Hartree]
2522.08940846651103

  SCCS| Polarisation energy                  [Hartree]
0.00000000000000

  SCCS|                                      [kcal/mol]
0.000

  SCCS| Cavitation energy                    [Hartree]
0.00000000000000

  SCCS|                                      [kcal/mol]
0.000

  SCCS| Dispersion free energy               [Hartree]
0.00000000000000

  SCCS|                                      [kcal/mol]
0.000

  SCCS| Repulsion free energy                [Hartree]
0.00000000000000

  SCCS|                                      [kcal/mol]
0.000

  SCCS| Solvation free energy                [Hartree]
0.00000000000000

  SCCS|                                      [kcal/mol]
0.000


  Total energy:
-3859.31382766942852




I will appreciate your kind suggestion and support.

Thank you in advance


Quadri Adewuyi
PhD student

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