<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear CP2K experts,</div><div><br></div><div>I have just started using CP2K and I would be really thankful if anybody can help me.</div><div>My question is on calculating frequencies of a molecule (as CO) adsorbed on a surface (an ice surface in my case).</div><div>I will work with energy differences so, there is no need of a vibrational analysis of the entire system but just of a fragment of it.<br></div><div>I have to zoom in on the frequencies of the adsorbed molecule and the
most interacting water which will be the most perturbed modes with
respect to gas phase frequecies<br></div><div> Looking at other threads,I found that CP2K has the keyword MODE_SELECTIVE with which I can zoom in to specific vibrational modes. <br></div><div><br></div><div>1) How does it do that? Is it displacing and calculating forces just for the atom on which I ask to zoom in on?</div><div> Can I use the keyword THERMOCHEMISTRY with the MODE_SELECTIVE one in order to obtain the ZPE and thermal correction for just the modes I zoomed in on?</div><div><br></div><div>2) Would it be better to fix (with CONSTRAINT + FIXED_ATOMS) all atoms for which I do not want calculate the normal modes, in order to speed up the calculation?</div><div> Are there any problems with this "partial Hessian approach"?<br></div><div> Would it be possible to use the THERMOCHEMISTRY keyword in this case?</div><div><br></div><div>3) Which one will be the best way to calculate the frequencies of just the adsorbate plus the most interacting water molecules from the surface, keeping in mind that I have to make the thermochemical analysis on that little <br></div><div> fragment of the entire system? <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your help!</div><div><br></div><div>Stefano Ferrero<br></div><div> <br></div></div>