[CP2K-user] [CP2K:20822] SCCS Convergence issue

Quadri Olakunle Adewuyi oq.adewuyi at gmail.com
Sat Oct 26 22:05:39 UTC 2024


Dear Muhammad,

Thanks for the suggestion, I appreciate it.

I will try to increase the iteration and update you.

Thanks so much
Quadri

On Sat, 26 Oct 2024 at 14:34, Muhammad Saleh <captainmozak at gmail.com> wrote:

> HI
>
> Try to increase the iteration let say 800, I know it is quite long but
> since it is the first time, sometime it takes long iteration to reach the
> convergence especially if your initial coordinate is far from
> equilibration. The other one is to set a large SCF threshold for instance
> to -02 and -03 (you have set the SCF and SCC to -05 and -06). Once it
> converge, you can use the last  convergence coordinate and restart the
> calculation but this time, set as -06 or -07. Hope it helps
>
> Best
> MuS
>
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 3:17 AM Quadri Olakunle Adewuyi <
> oq.adewuyi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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