Dear all,<div><br /></div><div>I have been trying to optimize a unit cell of the 2D semiconductor CrSBr using GPW method implemented in CP2K. The initial cell parameters were a = 3.6 A, b = 4.8 A and c = 25.0 A (obtained from previous calculations with Quantum Espresso and in good agreement with experimental data). After 128 optimization cycles the geometry is optimized and the obtained cell parameters were a = 3.64 A and b = 6.60 A, which leads to a meaningless structure since there is no longer a 2D structure. Also the geometry of the unit cell is really distorted. Any suggestions to improve the accuracy of my calculation? Thank you in advanced.</div><div><br /></div><div>I used this input:</div><div><br /></div><div>&GLOBAL<br /> PROJECT test2<br /> RUN_TYPE CELL_OPT<br /> PRINT_LEVEL MEDIUM<br />&END GLOBAL<br /><br />&FORCE_EVAL<br /> METHOD Quickstep ! Electronic structure method (DFT,...)<br /> STRESS_TENSOR ANALYTICAL<br /> &DFT<br /> BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME /BASIS_MOLOPT<br /> POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME /GTH_POTENTIALS<br /> MULTIPLICITY 7<br /> &POISSON ! Solver requested for non periodic calculations<br /> PERIODIC XYZ<br /> &END POISSON<br /> &XC<br /> &XC_FUNCTIONAL PBE<br /> &END XC_FUNCTIONAL<br /> &END XC<br /> &SCF<br /> SCF_GUESS SPARSE<br /> MAX_SCF 100<br /> &OT<br /> PRECONDITIONER FULL_KINETIC<br /> MINIMIZER CG<br /> &END OT<br /> &OUTER_SCF<br /> MAX_SCF 50<br /> &END<br /> &END SCF<br /> &MGRID<br /> NGRIDS 4<br /> CUTOFF 550<br /> REL_CUTOFF 90<br /> &END MGRID<br /> &QS<br /> METHOD GPW<br /> &END<br /> &END DFT<br /> &SUBSYS<br /> &CELL<br /> ABC 3.601367151 4.818258107 25.0<br /> ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90 90 90<br /> PERIODIC XYZ<br /> SYMMETRY ORTHORHOMBIC<br /> &END CELL<br /> &TOPOLOGY ! Section used to center the atomic coordinates in the given box. Useful for big molecules<br /> COORD_FILE_FORMAT xyz<br /> COORD_FILE_NAME ./crsbr.xyz<br /> &END<br /> &KIND Cr<br /> ELEMENT Cr<br /> BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH<br /> POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q14<br /> MAGNETIZATION 3.0<br /> &END KIND<br /> &KIND S<br /> ELEMENT S<br /> BASIS_SET TZV2P-MOLOPT-GTH<br /> POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q6<br /> &END KIND<br /> &KIND Br<br /> ELEMENT Br<br /> BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH<br /> POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q7<br /> &END KIND<br /> &END SUBSYS<br />&END FORCE_EVAL<br />&MOTION<br /> &CELL_OPT<br /> TYPE DIRECT_CELL_OPT<br /> MAX_DR 1.0E-03<br /> MAX_FORCE 1.0E-03<br /> RMS_DR 1.0E-03<br /> RMS_FORCE 1.0E-03<br /> MAX_ITER 200<br /> OPTIMIZER BFGS<br /> KEEP_SYMMETRY<br /> &END CELL_OPT<br /> &GEO_OPT<br /> MAX_DR 1.0E-03<br /> MAX_FORCE 1.0E-03<br /> RMS_DR 1.0E-03<br /> RMS_FORCE 1.0E-03<br /> OPTIMIZER BFGS<br /> &END GEO_OPT<br />&END MOTION<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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