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    Btw: I wanted to say x/y-axes not x/z...<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/01/2014 03:57 PM, 琨陶 wrote:<br>
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            <div>Dear Thomas,<br>
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            Thank you for your suggestions! I will try do some
            calculations according to your suggestions.<br>
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          Regards,<br>
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        Kun Tao<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On 1 September 2014 15:47, Thomas
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              first of all, I would shift the molecule with the iron in
              the origin.<br>
              If you furthermore align the lobes with the x/z-axes the
              code will find<br>
              at least some of the symmetries of the molecule and this
              will speed up<br>
              the calculations.<br>
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              Concerning the convergence... I would first try with
              gaussian smearing<br>
              instead of marzari-vanderbilt and reduce the smearing
              (degauss) a little<br>
              bit. And if your convergence threshold is 1.D-4 and it's
              still not converging<br>
              something is wrong maybe with the pseudos?! Even if those
              are ultrasoft<br>
              ones, a wavefunction cutoff of 27 Ry is maybe to small for
              Fe? But maybe<br>
              someone else has more experience with those pseudos...<br>
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              Regards<br>
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              Thomas
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                  <div>On 09/01/2014 01:57 PM, 琨陶 wrote:<br>
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                        <div>Dear all, <br>
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                        I just start to learn Quantum Espresso, and want
                        to optimize the geometry of an FePc molecule.
                        But, it doesn't converge even after 500 steps.
                        Could you give me some suggestions? Any
                        suggestions are welcome!<br>
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                      <div>Regards,<br>
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                      <div>Kun Tao<br>
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                      Attached below is the input file:<br>
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                      &CONTROL<br>
                          calculation = 'scf'<br>
                          restart_mode='from_scratch',<br>
                          prefix='FePc',<br>
                          pseudo_dir = './',<br>
                          outdir='./temp'<br>
                          etot_conv_thr=1.D-4<br>
                          forc_conv_thr=1.D-2<br>
                       /<br>
                       &SYSTEM<br>
                         ibrav=6,<br>
                         celldm(1)=41.58,<br>
                         celldm(3)=0.454545,<br>
                         nat=  57,<br>
                         ntyp= 4,<br>
                         ecutwfc = 27.0,<br>
                         ecutrho = 250.0,<br>
                        & occupations='fixed',<br>
                         smearing='marzari-vanderbilt',<br>
                         degauss=0.1,<br>
                         nspin=2,<br>
                         assume_isolated = 'martyna-tuckerman'<br>
                         starting_magnetization(1)= 1,<br>
                        & lda_plus_u = .true.<br>
                        & Hubbard_U(1)= 1.d-20<br>
                        & Hubbard_U(2)= 1.d-20<br>
                        & nbnd = 380<br>
                       /<br>
                       &ELECTRONS<br>
                         diagonalization='cg',<br>
                         conv_thr    = 1.D-4,<br>
                         mixing_beta = 0.05D0,<br>
                         electron_maxstep = 500,<br>
                       /<br>
                      &IONS<br>
                        & ion_dynamics = 'bfgs'<br>
                         bfgs_ndim = 3<br>
                      /<br>
                      ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>
                        C  12.0  C.pw91-van_ak.UPF<br>
                        H  1.0  H.pw91-van_ak.UPF<br>
                        N  14.0  N.pw91-van_ak.UPF<br>
                        Fe 55.8  Fe.pw91-sp-van_ak.UPF<br>
                      ATOMIC_POSITIONS {Angstrom}<br>
                       C   12.15539372    13.73909330    5.04996061<br>
                       C   13.73649156    12.16178989    5.05578041<br>
                       C   13.43098617    14.43384445    5.05163491<br>
                       C   14.42783630    13.43936718    5.06136000<br>
                       C   13.76218534    15.79065418    5.04836023<br>
                       C   15.78316009    13.77488291    5.07699788<br>
                       C   13.73909330    9.84460628    5.04996061<br>
                       C   12.16178989    8.26350933    5.05578041<br>
                       C   14.43384445    8.56901383    5.05163491<br>
                       C   13.43936718    7.57216460    5.06136000<br>
                       C   15.79065418    8.23781467    5.04836023<br>
                       C   13.77488291    6.21683902    5.07699788<br>
                       C   9.84460628    8.26090580    5.04996061<br>
                       C   8.26350933    9.83821011    5.05578041<br>
                       C   8.56901383    7.56615555    5.05163491<br>
                       C   7.57216460    8.56063193    5.06136000<br>
                       C   8.23781467    6.20934671    5.04836023<br>
                       C   6.21683902    8.22511798    5.07699788<br>
                       C   8.26090580    12.15539372    5.04996061<br>
                       C   9.83821011    13.73649156    5.05578041<br>
                       C   7.56615555    13.43098617    5.05163491<br>
                       C   8.56063193    14.42783630    5.06136000<br>
                       C   6.20934671    13.76218534    5.04836023<br>
                       C   8.22511798    15.78316009    5.07699788<br>
                       C   6.87043524    16.11305392    5.07808685<br>
                       C   5.87526149    15.11545813    5.06072640<br>
                       C   5.88694608    6.87043524    5.07808685<br>
                       C   6.88454098    5.87526149    5.06072640<br>
                       C   15.11545813    16.12473762    5.06072640<br>
                       C   16.11305392    15.12956476    5.07808685<br>
                       C   16.12473762    6.88454098    5.06072640<br>
                       C   15.12956476    5.88694608    5.07808685<br>
                       H   12.98551416    16.55329919    5.03687501<br>
                       H   16.54878414    13.00105667    5.08993745<br>
                       H   16.55329919    9.01448494    5.03687501<br>
                       H   13.00105667    5.45121586    5.08993745<br>
                       H   9.01448494    5.44669992    5.03687501<br>
                       H   5.45121586    8.99894244    5.08993745<br>
                       H   5.44669992    12.98551416    5.03687501<br>
                       H   8.99894244    16.54878414    5.08993745<br>
                       H   6.57077259    17.16044581    5.09259462<br>
                       H   4.82672697    15.41213369    5.05869567<br>
                       H   4.83955419    6.57077259    5.09259462<br>
                       H   6.58786541    4.82672697    5.05869567<br>
                       H   15.41213369    17.17327213    5.05869567<br>
                       H   17.16044581    15.42922831    5.09259462<br>
                       H   17.17327213    6.58786541    5.05869567<br>
                       H   15.42922831    4.83955419    5.09259462<br>
                       N   12.36901915    9.63413960    5.05092382<br>
                       N   9.63413960    9.63097996    5.05092382<br>
                       N   9.63097996    12.36585951    5.05092382<br>
                       N   14.37677419    11.00406444    5.05336285<br>
                       N   11.00406444    7.62322491    5.05336285<br>
                       N   7.62322491    10.99593645    5.05336285<br>
                       N   10.99593645    14.37677419    5.05336285<br>
                       N   12.36585951    12.36901915    5.05092382<br>
                       Fe   11.00000000    11.00000000    5.04961908<br>
                      K_POINTS Gamma<br>
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Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux, et de Cosmochimie
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