<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Ozan,<br><br></div> You need to use k points (or a much larger super-cell) to obtain converged results. you might also need to increase the CUTOFF quite a lot (otherwise you will get discontinuities in the energies, due to the finite size of the basis set).<br><br></div> Greetings from Sunny Paris,<br><br></div> apsi<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-10-04 18:15 GMT+02:00 Ozan Dernek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ozand...@gmail.com" target="_blank">ozand...@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear all,<br><br>As a newbie, I am trying some basic calculations by altering the examples provided in CP2K website. The question I want to ask is about finding the lattice constant, and optimizing some calculation parameters, such as cutoff and rel_cutoff values. To find each of these values, I am running a series of calculations varying the subject value, but cannot conclude an optimum result. For example, I run the calculations for the lattice constant by varying the cell dimensions (from 4.00 to 4.20 Angstrom with 0.01 A of increments ) and the atomic positions accordingly. However, the total energy keeps increasing with the increasing cell dimensions (I would expect to see a minimum around the literature value (around 4.08 A)). <br><br>Could you kindly take a look at the attached input file and help me to identify the problem ? Plus, I would appreciate any comment and advice about the input.<br><br>Thanks in advance,<br><br>Ozan Dernek<br>Phd Student<br>Comp. Mat. Sci. Group<br>Phys. Dept., Middle East Technical University</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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