<div dir="ltr">Dear Dr. Thomas,<div><br></div><div>Let me try setting the eamp = 0 for this system. I'll update you on how it's been working. </div><div><br></div><div>I've read about applying electric field in the blogs of QE users. Can't remember which site but someone recommended not to set zero for eamp but a very low number, thus I decided for 0.001. One particular blog was on the materials square website. I think I have misinterpreted the blog. My apologies.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Jayfe</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 9:03 PM Thomas Brumme <<a href="mailto:tbrumme@msx.tu-dresden.de">tbrumme@msx.tu-dresden.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Dear Jayfe,</p>
<p>eamp gives the amplitude of the external electric field. Since
the dipole is internal it is correct to set eamp = 0<br>
The dipole correction will self consistently determine the
required dipole - how do you want to know this before?</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Thomas<br>
</p>
<div>On 4/16/21 1:43 PM, Jayfe Anthony Abrea
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Dr. Thomas,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[I am still adjusting with this QE mailing
list. Thus, I made duplicate reply. Please bear with me Dr.
Thomas]<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m glad that you took notice on my
predicament. Thank you Dr. Thomas. My appreciations.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The input file I placed in this email
contains my initial positions of the atoms. The initial
distance between H and surface is actually that “bad” or that
far. I used the optimized positions of the slab with Fe
instead of Mn and applied it to my Pt/Mn slab in the hopes
that the atomic positions are closer to optimization. The z
atomic position of H went down from 0.618734 to 0.607984. It
still gave a similar oscillating result. =(<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As for the applied external electric field,
I’ve read that eamp, along with edir, emaxpos, and eopreg are
adjusted for dipole correction of my slab system. I am not
sure if making eamp to zero can still provide dipole
correction. Will it still be OK to make it zero?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jayfe<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From:
</b><a href="mailto:tbrumme@msx.tu-dresden.de" target="_blank">Thomas Brumme</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Friday, April 16, 2021 4:03 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:users@lists.quantum-espresso.org" target="_blank">Quantum ESPRESSO users Forum</a>; <a href="mailto:06302408@usc.edu.ph" target="_blank">Jayfe
Anthony Abrea</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [QE-users] My slab system does not
converge during optimization.Can you help me?</p>
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<p>Hi Jayfe,</p>
<p>Maybe the initial distance between hydrogen and the surface
is just "bad"? Maybe reduce it a bit and see if this helps.<br>
Another thing I noticed:<br>
Do you really want an external electric field? Because the
eamp is nonzero...</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Thomas</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 4/15/21 4:05 PM, Jayfe Anthony Abrea
wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello fellow QE users and developers, <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am new to Quantum Espresso and I am
doing calculations on adsorption energy. I am using
BURAI 1.3 GUI to aid in my QE setup thus I am not sure
of the QE version that I am using. I am trying to do
optimization on the hydrogen atom on the bimetallic slab
(see attached input file). I have already employed
several tweakings since the calculations never
converged, such as:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- changed the mixing_mode to local-TF
since it is suited for inhomogeneous system like my slab
system<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- lowering the mixing_beta to 0.1<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- changing the ecutrho, ecutwfc, and
starting_magnetization to the ones recommended by this
website: <a href="http://www.materialscloud.org/work/tools/qeinputgenerator" target="_blank">http://www.materialscloud.org/work/tools/qeinputgenerator</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These tweakings are made based on
what I have read so far in this forum. After
calculations, the slab-adsorbate system didn't achieve
convergence in optimization (as seen in attached pics on
SCF and accuracy). Manganese in my system seems to be
problematic since when I tried replacing Mn with other
metals (e.g. Fe and Co in particular), it reaches
convergence and becomes optimized. I don't know now how
to resolve this issue. I am hoping that you have great
insights to address my plight.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would really appreciate your help
in this regard. Thank you!<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jayfe Anthony<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Student<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">University of San Carlos<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
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<u></u><u></u></p>
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<pre>Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Brumme</pre>
<pre>Theoretical chemistry</pre>
<pre>TU Dresden - BAR / II49</pre>
<pre>Helmholtzstr. 18</pre>
<pre>01069 Dresden</pre>
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Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Brumme
Theoretical chemistry
TU Dresden - BAR / II49
Helmholtzstr. 18
01069 Dresden
Tel: +49 (0)351 463 40844
email: <a href="mailto:thomas.brumme@tu-dresden.de" target="_blank">thomas.brumme@tu-dresden.de</a></pre>
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