[Pw_forum] Nanojunction calculation

Arles V. Gil Rebaza arvifis at gmail.com
Sun Apr 7 17:38:58 CEST 2013


May be, you must to use "starting_magnetization" key for each "ntyp"

starting_magnetization(1)=1.0   !! to Cu atoms
starting_magnetization(2)=1.0   !! to Co atoms

Best.

PhD Arles V. Gil Rebaza
IFLP - Argentine


2013/4/7 昱璋陳 <creaman1986 at gmail.com>

> Hi all
>
> I am  trying  to do a nanojunction calculation with 82 Cu atoms as
> electrodes and 1 Co atom in the middle of the junction.
>
> Because there is a cobalt atom in my system, I expect that I will have a
>  spin polarized result.But in contrast my system converged into zero total
> magnetization.
>
> Here is my input,and part of my output.
>
> I wonder if anything wrong with my input?
>
> thanks!
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  /
>  &system
>     ibrav= 0, celldm(1)= 19.29789, nat= 83, ntyp= 2,
>     ecutwfc =30,ecutrho=300, occupations= smearing, smearing='cold',
> degauss= 0.007,
>     starting_magnetization = 1.0, nspin = 2
>  /
>  &electrons
>    startingwfc= 'file'
>    startingpot= 'file'
>     electron_maxstep = 1000
>     conv_thr =  1.0d-7
>     mixing_beta = 0.2
>  /
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>  Cu 63.546 Cu.pbe-n-van_gipaw.UPF
>  Co 58.933 Co.pbe-sp-mt_gipaw.UPF
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS (crystal)
> Cu      0.499473878     0.50554763      0.192178394
> Cu      0.752366094     0.512987566     0.185087084
> Cu      0.998427849     0.508716899     0.18519496
> Cu      0.247814593     0.507977268     0.184759921
> Cu      0.497252911     0.757349328     0.185225584
> Cu      0.747262849     0.759415304     0.186521036
> Cu      0.998399403     0.759685457     0.184952543
> Cu      0.247262136     0.757726017     0.184159785
> Cu      0.496432791     0.006737385     0.185418141
> Cu      0.747040256     0.009322876     0.184434411
> Cu      0.996494146     0.008724441     0.184195288
> Cu      0.245453219     0.006703916     0.184554256
> Cu      0.492357829     0.252987551     0.1848503
> Cu      0.74460048      0.260499653     0.190459673
> Cu      0.996016795     0.258222464     0.184236469
> Cu      0.245714611     0.257866164     0.185487153
> Cu      0.414382421     0.590649326     0.063379766
> Cu      0.662866053     0.591594647     0.063236567
> Cu      0.9134024       0.59171742      0.061679198
> Cu      0.163540917     0.591204469     0.061178705
> Cu      0.413803218     0.841543761     0.061608038
> Cu      0.66334598      0.841695853     0.061970218
> Cu      0.912829839     0.841291891     0.061972862
> Cu      0.163321593     0.84147119      0.061395077
> Cu      0.413487161     0.091737396     0.061597889
> Cu      0.663694106     0.09316416      0.062620131
> Cu      0.91315335      0.091845438     0.060855559
> Cu      0.163698512     0.092046257     0.061492197
> Cu      0.413767944     0.342480981     0.062846678
> Cu      0.663325883     0.341955675     0.061955209
> Cu      0.911971068     0.341476191     0.062521948
> Cu      0.163099809     0.341591866     0.061519669
> Cu      0.330171487     0.425521751     0.938053004
> Cu      0.579642576     0.425661225     0.938176
> Cu      0.8299247       0.425309443     0.937805914
> Cu      0.079222982     0.42473908      0.937575561
> Cu      0.330450683     0.674813779     0.937834548
> Cu      0.579746102     0.675079573     0.938128642
> Cu      0.829401298     0.675090428     0.938057943
> Cu      0.079786405     0.675195682     0.937801606
> Cu      0.33002575      0.925354428     0.937922529
> Cu      0.580373753     0.925875501     0.937821538
> Cu      0.829680793     0.925026142     0.937847185
> Cu      0.079756363     0.925109235     0.937839413
> Cu      0.330120406     0.17570481      0.937907035
> Cu      0.579955554     0.175300161     0.937769458
> Cu      0.829531064     0.175536253     0.937481576
> Cu      0.080130079     0.175492614     0.937639532
> Cu      0.414351398     0.590707502     0.812760752
> Cu      0.662883575     0.591458244     0.813439549
> Cu      0.913466443     0.591739076     0.814077251
> Cu      0.163632078     0.591395349     0.814216003
> Cu      0.413815261     0.841747328     0.814089116
> Cu      0.663287708     0.841793609     0.813966083
> Cu      0.912994338     0.841328595     0.813880993
> Cu      0.163454496     0.841509329     0.814260055
> Cu      0.413348926     0.091597959     0.814060762
> Cu      0.663616144     0.093148591     0.812601397
> Cu      0.913223613     0.091799834     0.814302104
> Cu      0.163786332     0.091934408     0.814080861
> Cu      0.413692344     0.34231516      0.813303605
> Cu      0.66325113      0.341841855     0.813896566
> Cu      0.911955794     0.341513234     0.812528085
> Cu      0.163231977     0.341688473     0.813895853
> Cu      0.49941011      0.505724946     0.684656405
> Cu      0.75208049      0.512918048     0.691002732
> Cu      0.998420007     0.508872864     0.690092811
> Cu      0.24789872      0.508065504     0.690839828
> Cu      0.497153555     0.757354263     0.690798897
> Cu      0.747130516     0.759224478     0.690033575
> Cu      0.998413406     0.759640287     0.690872657
> Cu      0.247344441     0.757904561     0.691306346
> Cu      0.496393045     0.006844671     0.68999176
> Cu      0.746974797     0.009186295     0.690867632
> Cu      0.996604963     0.008631914     0.691243372
> Cu      0.24549993      0.006720824     0.690957851
> Cu      0.492504693     0.253213377     0.691028529
> Cu      0.744563442     0.260622245     0.684600945
> Cu      0.996116213     0.258225365     0.690861255
> Cu      0.245910172     0.257951663     0.690200318
> Cu      0.619371564     0.385340078     0.301255388
> Cu      0.620275633     0.38493744      0.574524509
> Co      0.622392238     0.382793659     0.437849026
> K_POINTS (automatic)
>  4 4 4 0 0 0
> CELL_PARAMETERS
>  0.9647792526221258     0.0019025534174192    0.0000000000000000
>  -0.4807411925388429    0.8366385634632168    0.0000000000000000
>  0.0000000000000000     0.0000000000000000    1.6120016117546540
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>      iteration # 21     ecut=    30.00 Ry     beta=0.20
>      Davidson diagonalization with overlap
>      ethr =  1.12E-11,  avg # of iterations =  2.0
>
>      negative rho (up, down):  0.170E-02 0.170E-02
>
>      total cpu time spent up to now is    30579.0 secs
>
>      total energy              =   -9148.43771630 Ry
>      Harris-Foulkes estimate   =   -9148.43771642 Ry
>      estimated scf accuracy    <       0.00000010 Ry
>
>      total magnetization       =     0.00 Bohr mag/cell
>      absolute magnetization    =     1.38 Bohr mag/cell
>
>      iteration # 22     ecut=    30.00 Ry     beta=0.20
>      Davidson diagonalization with overlap
>      ethr =  1.12E-11,  avg # of iterations =  2.0
>
>      negative rho (up, down):  0.170E-02 0.170E-02
>
>      total cpu time spent up to now is    32078.6 secs
>
>      End of self-consistent calculation
>
>
>
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