Hello cp2k users,<br /><br />I have a question:<br />I did a Cell Optimization calculation wiht PBE where I got a lattice parameter of 12.04 Angstrom, very comparable to the experimental value of 12.00 Angstrom.<br />I did the same Cell Optimization calculation with the PBE0 functional and I reached a value of 12.66 Angstrom.<br />I would have expected a much more accurate value with the hybrid functional PBE0, because it is at a higher level of theory than PBE (GGA).<br />This is the input with PBE0:<br /> &GLOBAL<br />   PRINT_LEVEL  MEDIUM<br />   PROJECT_NAME YAG_Cell_Opt_PBE0<br />   RUN_TYPE  CELL_OPT<br /> &END GLOBAL<br /> &MOTION<br />   &GEO_OPT<br />     TYPE  MINIMIZATION<br />     OPTIMIZER  BFGS<br />   &END GEO_OPT<br />   &CELL_OPT<br />     OPTIMIZER  BFGS<br />     STEP_START_VAL  0<br />     TYPE  DIRECT_CELL_OPT<br />     EXTERNAL_PRESSURE     1.01325<br />     KEEP_ANGLES  F<br />     CONSTRAINT  NONE<br />     MAX_ITER 55<br />   &END CELL_OPT<br /> &END MOTION<br /> &FORCE_EVAL<br />   METHOD  QS<br />   STRESS_TENSOR  NUMERICAL<br />   &DFT<br />     BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_MOLOPT<br />     POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME GTH_POTENTIALS<br />     UKS T<br />      &SCF                  <br />      EPS_SCF 1.0E-6        <br />      SCF_GUESS ATOMIC<br />      MAX_SCF 40<br />      &OUTER_SCF<br />        EPS_SCF 1.0E-6<br />        MAX_SCF 10<br />      &END<br />      &OT<br />         PRECONDITIONER FULL_ALL<br />         ENERGY_GAP 0.01<br />         MINIMIZER DIIS<br />      &END OT<br />    &END SCF<br />     &QS<br />       EPS_DEFAULT     1.0E-12<br />       EXTRAPOLATION  PS<br />       EXTRAPOLATION_ORDER  3<br />     &END QS<br />     &MGRID<br />       NGRIDS  5<br />       CUTOFF     1.0E+03<br />     &END MGRID<br /> &XC<br />  &XC_FUNCTIONAL<br />   &HYB_GGA_XC_PBEH<br />   &END HYB_GGA_XC_PBEH<br />  &END XC_FUNCTIONAL<br />       &VDW_POTENTIAL<br />         POTENTIAL_TYPE  PAIR_POTENTIAL<br />         &PAIR_POTENTIAL<br />           TYPE  DFTD3<br />           PARAMETER_FILE_NAME dftd3.dat<br />           REFERENCE_FUNCTIONAL PBE0<br />         &END PAIR_POTENTIAL<br />       &END VDW_POTENTIAL<br /> &END XC<br />   &END DFT<br />  &SUBSYS<br />     &CELL<br />        ABC 10.428963 10.425980 10.422698<br />    ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA  109.488998  109.446965  109.467607<br />       MULTIPLE_UNIT_CELL  1 1 1<br />       PERIODIC XYZ<br />     &END CELL<br />     &COORD<br />  Y         4.3486154075        4.2950842437        5.3196321417<br />  Y         6.0853801970        4.9085728776        2.1264300032<br />  Y         0.8733519996        4.9086354625        6.3814665358<br />  Y        -2.6039527163        5.5231448838        5.3183558093<br />  Y         2.6142292948        1.8376696577        7.4479257149<br />  Y         2.6104101807       -1.8494422097        7.4466343156<br />  Y        -0.8679078589        0.6061511303        3.1848232795<br />  Y        -2.6096620784       -0.0060013279        6.3852591732<br />  Y         2.6041558660       -0.0038382850        2.1250261938<br />  Y         6.0834319810       -0.6208194459        3.1903508061<br />  Y         0.8874597824        3.0724750414        1.0744993086<br />  Y         0.8678625775        6.7476472161        1.0619868504<br /> Al        -4.3401797156        3.0666410058        7.4459145277<br /> Al         7.8239583099        1.8382466581        1.0609773693<br /> Al         4.3481852536        0.6074591571        5.3183312957<br /> Al        -2.6058416050        7.3656069378        2.1275852154<br /> Al        -0.8724634040       -3.0790149325        7.4541127408<br /> Al        -0.8668340968        2.4508526313        6.3813575493<br /> Al         0.8697992788       -0.6212374139        5.3177074395<br /> Al         6.0867059132       -2.4641018496        6.3861781139<br /> Al         4.3476829482        2.4514793065        2.1270041167<br /> Al         4.3453596930        7.9813585672        1.0632856461<br /> Al        -0.8641339919        4.2940160096        3.1806708091<br /> Al         2.6094075151        5.5237881248        3.1924879195<br /> Al         3.4780061828       -2.4645228071        4.2534793022<br /> Al        -1.7345177407        4.9028549793       -0.0008404008<br /> Al         1.7442397885        2.4512376308        4.2507171849<br /> Al         5.2159918908        7.3667403364        4.2577468855<br /> Al        -0.0028370613        0.0007453533        0.0014624368<br /> Al         6.9568761263        2.4513328230        4.2522104807<br /> Al         3.4733145743        4.9093119456        0.0046021722<br /> Al        -1.7330852162        4.9094540457        8.5107603084<br />  O         7.5075288748        3.5448135803        0.6909828862<br />  O        -3.6106794657        6.6794224052        3.4206823185<br />  O         3.3434293898        2.0700826218        5.2678623856<br />  O         3.3442936532       -3.8529544832        8.3338909406<br />  O         1.1766146360       -0.0943683626        6.9843208886<br />  O        -1.2621218361        4.1288130379        6.8069741827<br />  O        -3.9440500282        3.5381316372        5.7806631487<br />  O         0.8439983150       -3.5349206599        7.4996131276<br />  O         4.3758862880        3.5288586789        7.5003407681<br />  O         4.3726445326       -2.6498090728        5.9580202798<br />  O        -0.4687473530        5.4962773570        4.4268562817<br />  O        -2.5769210452        4.0188453295        3.5591255169<br />  O         4.6570298914        3.6278642230        0.8346522370<br />  O         4.6577057005        6.2739810367        0.6909168064<br />  O         3.0091558670        5.6878207415        6.8052442850<br />  O         1.8794467913        3.8418781493        8.3329005473<br />  O         5.3534857001        3.1379627645        3.4181995988<br />  O         2.2130493863        4.3166178058        4.4313348682<br />  O         4.3230131982        5.7989329898        3.5649817882<br />  O        -0.8918134375        1.3817019783        1.0100428661<br />  O         7.5129238515        6.1888847103        0.8357805925<br />  O        -4.7399695413        6.2823050798        5.7875223060<br />  O         4.0360795804        0.0759369721        6.9828458606<br />  O         1.8765596945       -2.0830820545        5.2654797961<br />  O        -4.0289268457        1.3589527992        7.8150322246<br />  O         7.0885949913       -1.7767997945        5.0912209310<br />  O         0.1486988963        2.8326527826        3.2077847710<br />  O         0.1348731412        8.7566976189        0.1751906292<br />  O         2.2969254320        4.9887878171        1.5296449563<br />  O         4.7413334055        0.7740357399        1.7031908173<br />  O         7.4257555935        1.3648725048        2.7253363357<br />  O         2.6316767393        8.4396264484        1.0107170013<br />  O         1.6039732279        6.9850865553        3.2415661597<br />  O        -0.5446734655        4.8207898308        1.5187893155<br />  O         8.2189340112       -1.3778170907        2.7274608059<br />  O         2.6338275702        2.2699327169        2.5503309564<br />  O        -4.0268592569       -1.2909900428        7.6783113500<br />  O        -0.8447499966       -0.8967438691        4.9518075545<br />  O         1.2652467388        0.5867172203        4.0782178985<br />  O        -1.8684408437        1.7667358488        5.0862225871<br />  O         1.5961776646        1.0684387815        0.1880829885<br />  O         0.4693664543       -0.7878757737        1.7045268561<br />  O        -1.2010653126       -1.3757187417        7.8452401269<br />  O        -1.1769830276        1.2734933949        7.6736182844<br />  O         6.0618178007        0.8837624038        4.9462859223<br />  O         3.9492781834       -0.5972007421        4.0782685631<br />  O        -0.8917912137        7.5502764746        2.5498560978<br />  O         0.8445124902        2.6368645034        5.9491672804<br />     &END COORD<br />        &KIND Al<br />       BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH<br />       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE0-q3<br />     &END KIND<br />     &KIND Y<br />       BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH<br />       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE0-q11<br />     &END KIND<br />     &KIND O<br />       BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH<br />       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE0-q6<br />     &END KIND<br />   &END SUBSYS<br /> &END FORCE_EVAL<br /><br /><br />Did I make some mistake?<br /><div><br /></div><div>(Obviously I reported the lattice distance of a cubic cell containing 160 atoms, while I used a primitive cell containing 80 atoms. The conversion was simple)</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks a lot </div><div><br /></div><div>Alberto </div>

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