<div dir="ltr">Thanks Giuseppe for the advises.<div><br></div><div>I had a closer look at the {alat} and {crystal} option for the atomic position input. For the {crystal} option, the basis vectors are the primitive lattice vectors (a_i), i.e. x a_1 + y a_2 +z a_3. For the {alat} option, the basis are the unit vectors in the Cartesian coordinates (i^{\hat}), i.e. x(a*x^{\hat})+y(b*y^{\hat})+z(c*z^{\hat}), where a, b, c are the lattice constants. Is my understanding correct?</div><div><br></div><div>For the current case, in which I obtain the atomic positions from the Wyckoff positions in the rhombohedral axes, I should use the {crystal} option, right?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Fermin</div><div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-06-01 15:55 GMT+08:00 Giuseppe Mattioli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:giuseppe.mattioli@ism.cnr.it" target="_blank">giuseppe.mattioli@ism.cnr.it</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Dear Fermin<br>
You are using ultrasoft pseudopotential (I hope that you are aware of<br>
the difference between norm-conserving and ultrasoft...). The ecutrho<br>
variable does not appear in your input, so you are using the default<br>
ecutwfc*4 value which is suitable for NC but not for US. Reasonably<br>
safe values for your pseudopotentials should be ecutwfc=40.0 and<br>
ecutrho =320.0~480.0, but always check! In difficult cases (which<br>
yours should not be) you can lower mixing_beta down to 0.05 0r 0.02,<br>
or also carefully try to use the scf_must_converge=.false. setup.<br>
Remember also that error on stress is one order of magnitude higher<br>
than error on forces, and that it is therefore safe to start a<br>
vc-relax calculation with at least conv_thr=1.0D-7. *BUT* your<br>
calculation does not converge because *you did not check* the<br>
structure... If you try to open your input file with xcrysden you will<br>
touch it with your hands! A hint: do you know the difference between<br>
{alat} and {crystal} coordinates?<br>
HTH<br>
Giuseppe<br>
<br>
Giuseppe Mattioli<br>
ISM-CNR<br>
Italy<br>
<br>
lung Fermin <<a href="mailto:ferminlung@gmail.com">ferminlung@gmail.com</a>> ha scritto:<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
> Dear QE community,<br>
><br>
> I want to calculate the phonon diseprsion relation of PbTiO3 in the<br>
> strucutre of R-3c spacegroup. First I did the vc-relax using the<br>
> experimental lattice parameters. However, the scf calculation fails to<br>
> converge within 100 iteration and the job exits with error. I have tried<br>
> changing the mixing_beta to 0.3 and mixing_ndim to 10, but still fails. I<br>
> am a newbie to QE. May someone please give me some advices on this issue?<br>
><br>
> INPUT file:<br>
> &control<br>
> calculation='vc-relax',<br>
> restart_mode='from_scratch',<br>
> prefix='PbTiO3',<br>
> outdir = './tmp/',<br>
> pseudo_dir = '$PSD_DIR',<br>
> max_seconds = 4.1D+6<br>
> /<br>
> &system<br>
> nat = 10<br>
> ntyp = 3<br>
> ibrav = 5<br>
> celldm(1) = 10.037,<br>
> celldm(4) = 0.53,<br>
> ecutwfc =60<br>
> /<br>
> &electrons<br>
> mixing_beta=0.3D0,<br>
> mixing_ndim=10<br>
> /<br>
> &ions<br>
> /<br>
> &cell<br>
> /<br>
> ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>
> Pb 207.2 Pb.pbe-spn-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF<br>
> Ti 47.867 Ti.pbe-spn-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF<br>
> O 15.999 O.pbe-n-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF<br>
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {alat}<br>
> Pb 0.25 0.25 0.25<br>
> Pb 0.75 0.75 0.75<br>
> Ti 0.00 0.00 0.00<br>
> Ti 0.50 0.50 0.50<br>
> O 0.62351014 0.87648986<br>
> 0.25000000<br>
> O 0.37648986 0.12351014 0.75000000<br>
> O 0.87648986 0.25000000 0.62351014<br>
> O 0.12351014 0.75000000 0.37648986<br>
> O 0.25000000 0.62351014 0.87648986<br>
> O 0.75000000 0.37648986 0.12351014<br>
> K_POINTS AUTOMATIC<br>
> 15 15 15 0 0 0<br>
><br>
> Thanks in advance.<br>
> Fermin<br>
<br>
<br>
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