Dear Vamsi,<br><br>H2O is a polar molecule. The long range dipole moment interaction between the periodic images will result in a fictitious electric field acting on the molecule. I think 20 bohrs is probably not enough to reduce the interaction between the periodic images. You can check this either by varying the box size & check the convergence in total energy wrt the box size or else you can use pp.x and plot the electrostatic potential (plot_num=11) along the direction in which the distance between the molecules are minimum. In the vacuum region, the potential should be flat if there is no interaction between the periodic charges.<br>
<br>Hope this helps,<br><br>With regards,<br>Prasenjit.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/27 vamsi kv <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vamsi.iisc@gmail.com">vamsi.iisc@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Dear PWScf users,<br><br>I want to study the interaction of H2O with Fe surfaces. I have choosen the potential and cutoffs for Fe by validating with experimental vaues like lattice parameter and cohesive energy. My question is when it comes to gas or liquid molecules how can i validate the output values of the simulations. I am getting the bond length and bond angle correctly within 1% error on relaxing the structure in a supercell of 20 bohrs . But I was trying to validate with heat of formation of H2O and i am not successful.<br>
Can any one help me in resolving my problem<br><br><br>Thanks & Regards<br>K V Vamsi<br>
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