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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">many times it works better if you
reduce alpha_mix gradually. For example with <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">alpha_mix(10) = 0.3</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">and <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">alpha_mix (15) = 0.1 <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">you use default value for alpha_mix in
first 10 iterations, then you reduce it to 0.3, and to 0.1 after
15th iteration. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Pietro <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/13/22 00:06, Jessica Johnson
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I am having trouble converging a phonons calculation. The
archives indicate that many users were able to solve this
problem reducing the default value of alpha_mix(1) to .1 or .2.
I have tried many values from .01 - .9 and I end up with the
calculation being unable to converge. In addition, I have
lowered the convergence threshold for the scf calculation
thinking that would set up the phonons calculation to converge
more easily. I have also varied the nq1, nq2, k1 and k2 values.
Neither of the latter two changes made much difference </div>
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I am using espresso + d3q (version number I am unsure of,
however the release date is Dec. 12, 2021). </div>
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My ultimate goal is to use the d3_q2r.x and d3_qha.x executables
to compute adsorption of H onto MoS2 layers. </div>
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Here are my pw.x and ph.x input files for H adsorbed onto the Mo
site:</div>
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<div> calculation = 'scf'</div>
<div> prefix = '1T_H_Mo_0'</div>
<div> pseudo_dir = '.'</div>
<div> title = '1T layers'</div>
<div> verbosity = 'high'</div>
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<div> &SYSTEM</div>
<div> A = 6.385866</div>
<div> B = 6.385866</div>
<div> C = 14</div>
<div> cosAB = -0.5</div>
<div> cosAC = 0</div>
<div> cosBC = 0</div>
<div> degauss = 0.005</div>
<div> ecutrho = 368</div>
<div> ecutwfc = 92</div>
<div> ibrav = 4</div>
<div> input_dft = 'BEEF-vdW'</div>
<div> nat = 13</div>
<div> ntyp = 3</div>
<div> occupations = 'smearing'</div>
<div> smearing = 'gaussian'</div>
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<div> &ELECTRONS</div>
<div> conv_thr = 1e-10</div>
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<div> &IONS</div>
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<div> &CELL</div>
<div> cell_dofree = 'epitaxial_ab'</div>
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<div>ATOMIC_SPECIES </div>
<div> Mo 95.95 Mo_HER.upf </div>
<div> S 32.066 S_HER.upf </div>
<div> H 1.00794 H_HER.upf </div>
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<div>ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal</div>
<div>Mo 0.0000010000 -0.0000010000
0.2432527978</div>
<div>S 0.3387936710 0.1693960855
0.1415931532</div>
<div>S 0.1716523937 0.3433032874
0.3652990281</div>
<div>H -0.0000005000 0.0000000000
0.3685376338</div>
<div>Mo 0.4770138961 -0.0459752078
0.2481206178</div>
<div>S 0.8306049145 0.1693960855
0.1415931532</div>
<div>S 0.6666670000 0.3333325000
0.3420643699</div>
<div>Mo 0.4770138961 0.5229861039
0.2481206178</div>
<div>S 0.8306049145 0.6612073290
0.1415931532</div>
<div>S 0.6566962126 0.8283471063
0.3652990281</div>
<div>Mo 0.0459752078 0.5229861039
0.2481206178</div>
<div>S 0.3333345000 0.6666665000
0.1232508011</div>
<div>S 0.1716523937 0.8283471063
0.3652990281</div>
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<div>K_POINTS automatic</div>
<div> 4 4 1 0 0 0 </div>
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Phonon calculation 1T_H_Mo_0
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<div> prefix = '1T_H_Mo_0'</div>
<div> fildyn = '1T_H_Mo_0.1.G'</div>
<div> tr2_ph = 1.0d-14</div>
<div> alpha_mix(1) = .1</div>
<div> ldisp = .true.</div>
<div> nq1 = 4</div>
<div> nq2 = 4</div>
<div> nq3 = 1</div>
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Thank you in advance for your help on this matter, as it is one
of the tougher ones I have encountered using QE. </div>
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Jessica Johnson</div>
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graduate student</div>
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Materials Science and Engineering Department</div>
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Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey</div>
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