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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Banafshe Noori <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:b_noori88@yahoo.com" target="_blank">b_noori88@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">


<div><div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:tahoma,'new york',times,serif"><div dir="ltr"><font size="3">Dear all</font><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-family:tahoma,'new york',times,serif" dir="ltr">


<font size="3">I have encountered with this error in relaxation of nanotubes.</font></div><font size="3">please guide me.<br><br></font><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-family:tahoma,'new york',times,serif" dir="ltr">


     <span style="font-weight:bold">from c_bands : error #         1</span><br style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:bold">     too many bands are not converged.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-family:tahoma,'new york',times,serif" dir="ltr">


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 the file of relax.inp is:</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-family:tahoma,'new york',times,serif" dir="ltr"><br></div><font style="font-family:'Arabic Transparent',Arial">&CONTROL<br>


                       title = 10.0cnt ,<br>                
 calculation = 'relax' ,<br>                restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,<br>                      outdir = '/home//tmp' ,<br>                  pseudo_dir = '/home//espresso-4.3.2/pseudo/' ,<br>


                      prefix = cnt10<br>                       nstep = 1000<br>               forc_conv_thr =
 1.0d-5<br>                     tstress = .true. ,<br>                     tprnfor = .true.<br>                   verbosity = 'high'<br> /<br> &SYSTEM<br>                       ibrav = 4,<br>                   celldm(1) = 45,<br>


                   celldm(3) =
 0.1788941,<br>                         nat = 40,<br>                        ntyp = 1,<br>                     ecutwfc = 50 ,<br>                 occupations = 'smearing' ,<br>                     degauss = 0.05 ,<br>


                    smearing = 'methfessel-paxton'
 ,<br> /<br> &ELECTRONS<br>                          conv_thr = 1.0d-12<br> /<br> &IONS<br>       ion_dynamics='bfgs'<br> /<br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>    C   12.01078  C.pz-vbc.UPF <br>    ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom <br>


C        3.927796042  -0.000000000   0.708057193<br>C        3.735609040   1.213758318   1.421947256<br>C        3.177835277   2.308778546   0.708050258<br>C        2.308774878   3.177668118   1.421952069<br>C        1.213765191   3.735351406  
 0.708056121<br>C       -0.000000000   3.927607724   1.421941004<br>C       -1.213765191   3.735351406   0.708056121<br>C       -2.308774878   3.177668118   1.421952069<br>C       -3.177835277   2.308778546   0.708050258<br>


C       -3.735609040   1.213758318   1.421947256<br>C       -3.927796042   0.000000000   0.708057193<br>C       -3.735609040  -1.213758318   1.421947256<br>C       -3.177835277  -2.308778546   0.708050258<br>C       -2.308774878  -3.177668118   1.421952069<br>


C      
 -1.213765191  -3.735351406   0.708056121<br>C        0.000000000  -3.927607724   1.421941004<br>C        1.213765191  -3.735351406   0.708056121<br>C        2.308774878  -3.177668118   1.421952069<br>C        3.177835277  -2.308778546   0.708050258<br>


C        3.735609040  -1.213758318   1.421947256<br>C        3.735609040  -1.213758318  -1.421947256<br>C        3.177835277  -2.308778546  -0.708050258<br>C        2.308774878  -3.177668118  -1.421952069<br>C        1.213765191  -3.735351406 
 -0.708056121<br>C        0.000000000  -3.927607724  -1.421941004<br>C       -1.213765191  -3.735351406  -0.708056121<br>C       -2.308774878  -3.177668118  -1.421952069<br>C       -3.177835277  -2.308778546  -0.708050258<br>


C       -3.735609040  -1.213758318  -1.421947256<br>C       -3.927796042   0.000000000  -0.708057193<br>C       -3.735609040   1.213758318  -1.421947256<br>C       -3.177835277   2.308778546  -0.708050258<br>C       -2.308774878   3.177668118  -1.421952069<br>


C       -1.213765191   3.735351406 
 -0.708056121<br>C       -0.000000000   3.927607724  -1.421941004<br>C        1.213765191   3.735351406  -0.708056121<br>C        2.308774878   3.177668118  -1.421952069<br>C        3.177835277   2.308778546  -0.708050258<br>


C        3.735609040   1.213758318  -1.421947256<br>C        3.927796042   0.000000000  -0.708057193<br>K_POINTS automatic <br>  1 1 7   1 1 1 <br></font><br></div></div><br></blockquote><div>Hi B. Noori, </div><div>
 </div><div>First set <span style="font-family:'Arabic Transparent',Arial">conv_thr = 1.0d-12 to small tolerance and see what happens?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'Arabic Transparent',Arial">If you fail, then set</span></div>


<div>Try diagonalization='cg' </div><div>Also see the documentation, here is link : <a href="http://www.quantum-espresso.org/?page_id=362#5.6" target="_blank">http://www.quantum-espresso.org/?page_id=362#5.6</a></div>


<div><br></div><div>Hope it helps.</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck !!</div><div><div style="text-align:left">==========================================</div><div style="text-align:left">Sonu Kumar</div>
<div style="text-align:left">Phd Student, Physics Department</div><div style="text-align:left">Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi-110016, India</div><div style="text-align:left">mail: <a href="mailto:1009ukumar@gmail.com" target="_blank">1009ukumar@gmail.com</a></div>


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