Hi <div>The convergence is slow but not too bad </div><div>Increasing the number of MAX_SCF should help.</div><div>It is not a good idea to let the geometry optimisation go on with not converged SCF, the forces might be very wrong. </div><div><br /></div><div>Regards</div><div>Marcella</div><div><br /><br /></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto" class="gmail_attr">On Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 3:05:00 PM UTC+1 hamidzabihi...@gmail.com 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;">
<p>Hi everyone,<br>
I am trying to optimise a CaF₂ slab with the bottom layer fixed, but the SCF is not converging. It reaches 250 inner iterations and stops with:</p>
<span><div></div></span>*** WARNING in qs_scf.F:576 :: SCF run NOT converged ***<br>
Example of the last SCF steps: <br><br>243–250 Broy./Diag. ... Total energy ~ -9152.002<br>
<p>Charge densities look fine (total ~ −4.7E-06), but the SCF oscillates and never stabilises.</p>
<p>I’ve attached my input file, log, and the slab .xyz coordinates.</p>
<p>I’d appreciate any suggestions on:</p>
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<p>SCF stabilisation (mixing, DIIS, level shifting, smearing, SCF_GUESS, extrapolation)</p>
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<p>Whether fixing the bottom layer may destabilise SCF</p>
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<p>Better basis/pseudopotential choices for Ca/F slabs</p>
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<p>Recommended cutoffs or other practical tricks for slab systems</p>
</li></ul>
<p>Thanks for any guidance!</p>
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