<div dir="ltr"><div>Hii,<br></div>Just to add some data to my previous post:<br><div><br>The difference in scf energy (in Ry) for my system having 36 atoms is:<br><br></div><div>ecut vs energy <br></div><div><br><div><div class="gmail_extra">30 -1.42256<br>40 -0.0765211<br>45 -0.00623776<br>50 -0.00420366<br>60 -0.00482638<br>65 -0.00095532<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">So if I divide energy wrt 45ecut by 36 (number of atoms), it comes out: -0.0001732 Ry or -0.002356487 eV/atom<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">For 50 and 60 ecut this difference becomes ~0.00017 Ry or ~0.0016 eV/atom.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">For the ecut (the difference between ecut 60 and 65) the difference is: -0.000026 Ry/atom or 0.00036eV/atom.<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">What value of ecut is the perfect choice for my case: 45 or 50 or 60? <br><br>I just doing vc relaxation with free xyz.<br><br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Kind regards<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Bhamu <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 11:12 PM, Dr. K. C. Bhamu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kcbhamu85@gmail.com" target="_blank">kcbhamu85@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Dear QE Users,<br><br></div>For simple compounds (binary or ternary), I know the said parameters may be fixed tight (etot_conv_thr, 1e-5, and forc_conv_thr, 1e-5 and conv_thr. 1d-07 or 1d-08 or 1d-09). But for complex systems, if we set them high then it would cost much wall time. <br><br>To avoid this, Is there any thumb rule to decide the above parameters to be kept fix for complex bulk structures (having a combination of organic and inorganic elements), i.e. as the number of atoms increases in the system the above parameters can be lowered?<br></div></div>As far as I know, these parameters have much importance if we see per atom. So, if we increase the number of atoms the parameters can be lowered (Ex. for hybrid perovskites with 36 atoms in a unit cell, etot_conv_thr, 1e-3, and forc_conv_thr, 1e-3 and conv_thr. 1d-06 ), is it?<br><br><br></div>Any comment will be helpful to improve my understanding or in correcting me if I am wrong, also will save computational cost.<br><br><br></div>Thanks and regards,<br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail-m_8542994978412502887gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dr. K. C. Bhamu</span><br></div><div dir="ltr">National Postdoctoral Fellow,<br>Physical and Materials Chemistry Division<br>CSIR-NCL, Pune<br>Mob. No. +91-9975238952<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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