<div dir="ltr"><div>Add a small smearing, increase the threshold to 1.0d-8 or even 1.0d-6 <br><br></div>Paolo<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Arijan Aleksić <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aaleksic@fizika.unios.hr" target="_blank">aaleksic@fizika.unios.hr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
<br>
I am working on geometry optimization for WTe2 (Tungsten(IV) telluride).<br>
When running calculations, they failed to converge within limits in 100<br>
iterations.<br>
<br>
First I have increased cell parameters for 10-15% to check if there will<br>
be any difference (also had big pressure). Next I went with reducing<br>
mixing_beta in steps of 0.1 to check for any changes which yielded no good<br>
results. And finally I used calculation = 'vc-relax' which gave even worse<br>
results and could not optimize the cell.<br>
<br>
I will accept any advice on what should be my next action in order to<br>
succeed in getting optimization complete.<br>
<br>
Here is the text from input file I used (version of Quantum Espresso is<br>
5.2.1):<br>
<br>
&control<br>
calculation = 'vc-relax',<br>
restart_mode = 'from_scratch',<br>
prefix = 'wte2',<br>
tprnfor = .true.,<br>
pseudo_dir = '/home/aaleksic/Pseudo/',<br>
outdir = '/home/aaleksic/wte2/tmp/',<br>
/<br>
<br>
&system<br>
ibrav = 8,<br>
celldm(1) = 13,<br>
celldm(2) = 0.53846,<br>
celldm(3) = 2.15385,<br>
nat = 24,<br>
ntyp = 2,<br>
nbnd = 74,<br>
ecutwfc = 100.0,<br>
/<br>
<br>
&electrons<br>
mixing_beta = 0.1,<br>
conv_thr = 1.0d-12,<br>
/<br>
<br>
&ions<br>
/<br>
<br>
&cell<br>
/<br>
<br>
ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>
W 74.0 W.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF<br>
Te 52.0 Te.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF<br>
<br>
ATOMIC_POSITIONS (crystal)<br>
W 0.90050000000 0.5000000000 0.00000000000<br>
Te 0.29410000000 0.5000000000 0.09650000000<br>
Te 0.80020000000 0.0000000000 0.14000000000<br>
W 0.54140000000 0.0000000000 0.98510000000<br>
Te 0.35590000000 0.0000000000 0.34490000000<br>
Te 0.85170000000 0.5000000000 0.38930000000<br>
W 0.59950000000 0.5000000000 0.50000000000<br>
Te 0.20590000000 0.5000000000 0.59650000000<br>
Te 0.69980000000 0.0000000000 0.64000000000<br>
W 0.95860000000 0.0000000000 0.48510000000<br>
Te 0.14410000000 0.0000000000 0.84490000000<br>
Te 0.64830000000 0.5000000000 0.88930000000<br>
W 0.40050000000 0.5000000000 0.50000000000<br>
Te 0.79410000000 0.5000000000 0.59650000000<br>
Te 0.30020000000 0.0000000000 0.64000000000<br>
W 0.04140000000 0.0000000000 0.48510000000<br>
Te 0.85590000000 0.0000000000 0.84490000000<br>
Te 0.35170000000 0.5000000000 0.88930000000<br>
W 0.09950000000 0.5000000000 0.00000000000<br>
Te 0.70590000000 0.5000000000 0.09650000000<br>
Te 0.19980000000 0.0000000000 0.14000000000<br>
W 0.45860000000 0.0000000000 0.98510000000<br>
Te 0.64410000000 0.0000000000 0.34490000000<br>
Te 0.14830000000 0.5000000000 0.38930000000<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
K_POINTS (automatic)<br>
4 4 4 0 0 0<br>
<br>
Thank you.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Arijan Aleksic,<br>
University J.J.Strossmayer, Croatia.<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><span><font color="#888888">Paolo Giannozzi, Dept. Chemistry&Physics&Environment,<br>
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