<p>Hello CP2K community,</p>
<p>I’m using CP2K together with a minima-hopping (MH) workflow to search for low-energy adsorption geometries of CO on metal clusters.</p><p>Even when I start with a CO, many MH-relaxed minima end up with C and O dissociated and adsorbed separately. This is problematic for screening workflows where I want intact CO adsorption geometries.</p><p>
</p><p>If anyone has a recommended CP2K/MH input showing a safe/standard way to constrain bonds or to treat small molecules as rigid during MH, I’d be very grateful.<br />Below is my example input file for these types of calculations.</p><p>Thank you in advance,</p><p>Hochang</p><p>&GLOBAL<br />   PROJECT_NAME Ag147_minhop<br />   PROGRAM_NAME SWARM<br />   RUN_TYPE NONE<br />&END GLOBAL<br /><br />&SWARM<br />   BEHAVIOR GLOBAL_OPT<br />   NUMBER_OF_WORKERS 21<br />   MAX_ITER 50000<br />   &GLOBAL_OPT<br />     #E_TARGET -0.028421532<br />     #E_TARGET -0.397492331<br />     #E_TARGET -0.173928427<br />     METHOD MINIMA_HOPPING<br />     &HISTORY<br />       ENERGY_PRECISION 1.0e-5<br />       FINGERPRINT_PRECISION 1.0e-2<br />     &END HISTORY<br />   &END GLOBAL_OPT<br />&END SWARM<br /><br />&MOTION<br />  &PRINT  ! IO is expensive, turning everything off<br />    &RESTART OFF<br />    &END RESTART<br />    &RESTART_HISTORY OFF<br />    &END RESTART_HISTORY<br />    &TRAJECTORY<br />     !ADD_LAST NUMERIC<br />      &EACH<br />        GEO_OPT -1<br />        MD -1<br />      &END EACH<br />    &END TRAJECTORY<br />  &END PRINT<br /><br />  &MD<br />    ENSEMBLE NVE<br />    STEPS 1000<br />    TIMESTEP 0.5<br /><br />    &VELOCITY_SOFTENING<br />      STEPS 20<br />      ALPHA 1.0<br />      DELTA 0.01<br />    &END VELOCITY_SOFTENING<br /><br />    &PRINT<br />      &ENERGY OFF<br />      &END ENERGY<br />      &CENTER_OF_MASS OFF<br />      &END CENTER_OF_MASS<br />      &COEFFICIENTS OFF<br />      &END COEFFICIENTS<br />      &PROGRAM_RUN_INFO OFF<br />      &END PROGRAM_RUN_INFO<br />      &ROTATIONAL_INFO OFF<br />      &END ROTATIONAL_INFO<br />      &SHELL_ENERGY OFF<br />      &END SHELL_ENERGY<br />      &TEMP_KIND OFF<br />      &END TEMP_KIND<br />      &TEMP_SHELL_KIND OFF<br />      &END TEMP_SHELL_KIND<br />      FORCE_LAST .TRUE.<br />    &END PRINT<br />  &END MD<br /><br />  &GEO_OPT<br />    OPTIMIZER CG<br />    MAX_ITER 300<br />    &CG<br />      MAX_STEEP_STEPS 3<br />      &LINE_SEARCH<br />        &GOLD<br />          INITIAL_STEP 1.0e-2<br />        &END GOLD<br />      &END LINE_SEARCH<br />    &END CG<br />    &BFGS<br />     TRUST_RADIUS [angstrom] 0.1<br />     USE_RAT_FUN_OPT  ! otherwise LJ particle sth. get too close.<br />     &RESTART OFF<br />     &END RESTART<br />    &END BFGS<br />    &PRINT<br />      &PROGRAM_RUN_INFO OFF<br />      &END PROGRAM_RUN_INFO<br />    &END PRINT<br />  &END GEO_OPT<br /><br />&END MOTION<br /><br />&FORCE_EVAL<br /> &PRINT<br />    &DISTRIBUTION OFF<br />    &END DISTRIBUTION<br />    &DISTRIBUTION1D OFF<br />    &END DISTRIBUTION1D<br />    &DISTRIBUTION2D OFF<br />    &END DISTRIBUTION2D<br />    &FORCES OFF<br />    &END FORCES<br />    &GRID_INFORMATION OFF<br />    &END GRID_INFORMATION<br />    &PROGRAM_RUN_INFO OFF<br />    &END PROGRAM_RUN_INFO<br />    &STRESS_TENSOR OFF<br />    &END STRESS_TENSOR<br />    &TOTAL_NUMBERS OFF<br />    &END TOTAL_NUMBERS<br />  &END PRINT<br /><br /> METHOD FIST<br />  &MM<br />    &FORCEFIELD<br />     IGNORE_MISSING_CRITICAL_PARAMS  T<br />     &SPLINE<br />       EPS_SPLINE 1.0E-5<br />       EMAX_SPLINE 10000<br />     &END SPLINE<br />     &BOND<br />       ATOMS C O<br />       KIND HARMONIC<br />       R0 [angstrom] 1.13      ! equilibrium distance in angstrom<br />       K [angstrom^-2kcalmol] 2670      ! force constant (units: energy/(length^2))<br />     &END BOND<br />      &NONBONDED<br />        &EAM<br />          ATOMS Ag Ag<br />          PARM_FILE_NAME /global/u1/h/hochang/CP2K/Ag.pot<br />        &END EAM<br />        &LENNARD-JONES<br />        ATOMS Ag C<br />        EPSILON [kcalmol] 0.15   ! placeholder: replace with literature or mixed value<br />        SIGMA 2.95<br />          RCUT    [angstrom] 11.4<br />        &END LENNARD-JONES<br />        &LENNARD-JONES<br />        ATOMS Ag O<br />        EPSILON [kcalmol] 0.12   ! placeholder: replace with literature or mixed value<br />        SIGMA 2.8<br />          RCUT    [angstrom] 11.4<br />        &END LENNARD-JONES<br />       &LENNARD-JONES<br />         atoms C C<br />         EPSILON [kcalmol]  0.08<br />          SIGMA   [angstrom] 3.05<br />          RCUT    [angstrom] 11.4<br />       &END LENNARD-JONES<br />        &LENNARD-JONES<br />          atoms O O<br />          EPSILON [kcalmol]  0.08<br />          SIGMA   [angstrom] 3.02<br />          RCUT    [angstrom] 11.4<br />        &END LENNARD-JONES<br />      &END NONBONDED<br />      &CHARGE<br />        ATOM Ag<br />        CHARGE 0.0<br />      &END CHARGE<br />      &CHARGE<br />        ATOM C<br />        CHARGE 0.0<br />      &END CHARGE<br />      &CHARGE<br />        ATOM O<br />        CHARGE 0.0<br />      &END CHARGE<br />    &END FORCEFIELD<br />    &NEIGHBOR_LISTS<br />      GEO_CHECK OFF<br />    &END NEIGHBOR_LISTS<br />    &POISSON<br />    PERIODIC NONE<br />    POISSON_SOLVER ANALYTIC<br />      &EWALD<br />        EWALD_TYPE none<br />      &END EWALD<br />    &END POISSON<br />    &PRINT<br />      &DERIVATIVES OFF<br />      &END DERIVATIVES<br />      &DIPOLE OFF<br />      &END DIPOLE<br />      &EWALD_INFO OFF<br />      &END EWALD_INFO<br />      &FF_INFO OFF<br />      &END FF_INFO<br />      &FF_PARAMETER_FILE OFF<br />      &END FF_PARAMETER_FILE<br />      &ITER_INFO OFF<br />      &END ITER_INFO<br />      &NEIGHBOR_LISTS OFF<br />      &END NEIGHBOR_LISTS<br />      &PROGRAM_BANNER OFF<br />      &END PROGRAM_BANNER<br />      &PROGRAM_RUN_INFO OFF<br />      &END PROGRAM_RUN_INFO<br />      &SUBCELL OFF<br />      &END SUBCELL<br />    &END PRINT<br />  &END MM<br />   &SUBSYS<br />     &CELL<br />       A     35.00E+00    0.000E+00    0.000E+00<br />       B     0.000E+00    35.00E+00    0.000E+00<br />       C     0.000E+00    0.000E+00    35.00E+00<br />       PERIODIC  NONE<br />     &END CELL<br />     &COORD<br />     @include 'coord.inc'<br />     &END COORD<br /><br />    &TOPOLOGY<br />      CONNECTIVITY OFF<br />    &END TOPOLOGY<br /><br />     &KIND Ag<br />      ELEMENT Ag<br />      MASS 107.8682<br />#       BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH<br />#       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q11<br />     &END KIND<br />     &KIND C<br />      ELEMENT C<br />      MASS 12.011<br />#       BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH<br />#       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q4<br />     &END KIND<br />     &KIND O<br />      ELEMENT O<br />      MASS 15.999<br />#       BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH<br />#       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q6<br />     &END KIND<br />   &END SUBSYS<br /> &END FORCE_EVAL<br /><br /></p>

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