Hello,<div>I think your structure / periodic boundaries are incorrect. When I run your input I see</div><div>"</div><div> *** WARNING in particle_methods.F:684 :: The distance between the atoms ***<br> *** 78 and 89 is only 0.224 angstrom and thus smaller than the threshold ***<br> *** of 0.500 angstrom<br></div><div>"<br>this is going to lead to massive force and explosions.</div><div>Making your structure into a cubic conventional cell might make life easier.</div><div>Matt</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto" class="gmail_attr">On Thursday, 26 May 2022 at 02:49:51 UTC+1 Tomoki Ogata wrote:<br/></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi there everyone,<div><br></div><div>First time posting here, thank you in advance! </div><div>I am trying to do a structural optimization of FAU zeolite, which has a rhombohedral unit cell (a = b = c = 17.9 A, alpha = beta = gamma = 60 degrees). </div><div><br></div><div>I tried running the input file attached, but unfortunately, the crystallinity of the structure collapsed. </div><div><br></div><div><img alt="structure_collapse.png" width="423px" height="194.073px" src="https://groups.google.com/group/cp2k/attach/11062f2b16f60/structure_collapse.png?part=0.1&view=1"><br></div><div><br></div><div>I believe that the reason is related to the line in my input file "SYMMETRY RHOMBOHEDRAL", since the structure is preserved if this line is excluded. However, without SYMMETRY RHOMBOHEDRAL, the a, b and c parameters of the cell deviate from 17.9 A. I looked through the CP2K manual, but was unfortunately unable to find any information which might help solve the problem.<br></div><div><br></div><div>A part of my input file which is attached:</div><div><div>&CELL</div><div> &CELL_REF</div><div> A 12.6592017 12.6592017 0.0000000 </div><div> B 12.6592017 0.0000000 12.6592017 </div><div> C 0.0000000 12.6592017 12.6592017</div><div> MULTIPLE_UNIT_CELL 1 1 1</div><div> ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 60 60 60</div><div> SYMMETRY RHOMBOHEDRAL</div><div> &END CELL_REF</div><div> A 12.6592017 12.6592017 0.0000000 </div><div> B 12.6592017 0.0000000 12.6592017 </div><div> C 0.0000000 12.6592017 12.6592017</div><div> MULTIPLE_UNIT_CELL 1 1 1</div><div> ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 60 60 60</div><div> SYMMETRY RHOMBOHEDRAL</div><div> &END CELL</div></div><div><br></div><div>Would anyone happen to know of a way to do a structural optimisation for a rhombohedral system while preserving the a, b and c parameters and without the structure falling apart?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you in advance,</div><div>Tomoki</div></blockquote></div>
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