[Pw_forum] a question about MnSe
mohnish pandey
mohnish.iitk at gmail.com
Wed Jan 19 18:33:45 CET 2011
Dear Duy,
I have checked the k-mesh convergence as well as
convergence with respect to ecut.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Duy Le <ttduyle at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you check the k-mesh? Are 6 6 6 and 6 6 4 good for converged energy?
> --------------------------------------------------
> Duy Le
> PhD Student
> Department of Physics
> University of Central Florida.
>
> "Men don't need hand to do things"
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:57 AM, mohnish pandey <mohnish.iitk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Dear QE users,
> > I am trying to do bulk calculations for MnSe
> in
> > rocksalt and wurtzite structure. Its has AFM ground state in rocksalt
> > structure but after checking convergence I am finding "rocksalt"
> structure
> > to be energetically higher than wurtzite structure. I am pasting my
> segments
> > of input and output files. Can anybody please help me in figuring out the
> > problem.
> > INPUT FOR ROCKSALT
> > &control
> > calculation = 'vc-relax'
> > restart_mode='restart',
> > wf_collect = .true.
> > prefix='mnse',
> > pseudo_dir = '/home/mohnish/mnse-rocksalt-bulk',
> > outdir='/home/mohnish/mnse-rocksalt-bulk',
> > tprnfor = .true.,
> > tstress=.true.
> > /
> > &system
> > ibrav= 0, celldm(1)= 10.3026, nat= 4, ntyp= 3,
> > ecutwfc = 40.0, ecutrho = 320.0,
> > occupations='smearing', smearing='gauss', degauss=0.01,
> > nspin=2,
> > starting_magnetization(1)= 0.0,
> > starting_magnetization(2)= 0.5,
> > starting_magnetization(3)=-0.5,
> > /
> > &electrons
> > diagonalization='david'
> > mixing_mode = 'plain'
> > mixing_beta = 0.4
> > conv_thr = 1.0d-8
> > startingpot = 'file'
> > startingwfc = 'file'
> > /
> > &IONS
> > ion_dynamics='bfgs'
> > trust_radius_max = 0.40
> > trust_radius_ini = 0.20
> > /
> > &CELL
> > cell_dynamics='bfgs',
> > /
> > ATOMIC_SPECIES
> > Se 78.960 Se.pbe-van.UPF
> > Mn1 54.938 Mn.pbe-sp-van_mit.UPF
> > Mn2 54.938 Mn.pbe-sp-van_mit.UPF
> > CELL_PARAMETERS
> > 0.50 0.50 1.00
> > 0.50 1.00 0.50
> > 1.00 0.50 0.50
> > ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
> > Se 0.25 0.25 0.25
> > Se 0.75 0.75 0.75
> > Mn1 0.0 0.0 0.0
> > Mn2 0.5 0.5 0.5
> > K_POINTS {automatic}
> > 6 6 6 0 0 0
> > OUTPUT FOR ROCKSALT
> > bfgs converged in 8 scf cycles and 4 bfgs steps
> > (criteria: energy < 0.10E-03, force < 0.10E-02, cell < 0.50E+00)
> > End of BFGS Geometry Optimization
> > Final enthalpy = -464.4688263706 Ry
> > Begin final coordinates
> > new unit-cell volume = 533.55466 a.u.^3 ( 79.06464 Ang^3 )
> > CELL_PARAMETERS (alat= 10.30260000)
> > 0.494008772 0.494008772 0.990589056
> > 0.494008772 0.990589056 0.494008772
> > 0.990589056 0.494008772 0.494008772
> > ATOMIC_POSITIONS (crystal)
> > Se 0.249999854 0.249999854 0.249999854
> > Se 0.750000146 0.750000146 0.750000146
> > Mn1 0.000000000 0.000000000 0.000000000
> > Mn2 0.500000000 0.500000000 0.500000000
> > End final coordinates
> > INPUT FOR WURTZITE
> > &control
> > calculation = 'vc-relax',
> > restart_mode='restart',
> > verbosity = 'high'
> > wf_collect = .true.
> > outdir='/home/mohnish/mnse-wurtzite-bulk',
> > pseudo_dir='/home/mohnish/mnse-wurtzite-bulk'
> > prefix='mnse',
> > tstress = .true.,
> > tprnfor = .true.,
> > /
> > &system
> > ibrav= 4, a = 4.178, c = 6.783,nat= 4, ntyp= 3,
> > ecutwfc =
> > 40,ecutrho=320,occupations='smearing',degauss=0.01,smearing='gaussian',
> > nspin =2,starting_magnetization(1)=0.5,starting_magnetization(2)=
> -0.5,
> > /
> > &electrons
> > diagonalization='david'
> > mixing_mode = 'plain'
> > mixing_beta = 0.4
> > conv_thr = 1.0d-8
> > startingpot = 'file'
> > startingwfc = 'file'
> > /
> > &IONS
> > ion_dynamics='bfgs'
> > trust_radius_max = 0.40
> > trust_radius_ini = 0.20
> > /
> > &CELL
> > cell_dynamics='bfgs',
> > /
> > ATOMIC_SPECIES
> > Mn1 54.938 Mn.pbe-sp-van_mit.UPF
> > Mn2 54.938 Mn.pbe-sp-van_mit.UPF
> > Se 78.960 Se.pbe-van.UPF
> > ATOMIC_POSITIONS (crystal)
> > Mn1 0.000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000
> > Mn2 0.333333333 0.666666666667 0.500000000
> > Se 0.000000000 0.000000000000 0.345000000
> > Se 0.333333333 0.666666666667 0.845000000
> > K_POINTS (automatic)
> > 6 6 4 0 0 0
> > OUTPUT FOR WURTZITE
> > End of BFGS Geometry Optimization
> > Final enthalpy = -464.4799667612 Ry
> > Begin final coordinates
> > new unit-cell volume = 681.36082 a.u.^3 ( 100.96726 Ang^3 )
> > CELL_PARAMETERS (alat= 7.89527578)
> > 1.001414763 0.000000000 0.000000000
> > -0.500707382 0.867250625 0.000000000
> > 0.000000000 0.000000000 1.594103933
> > ATOMIC_POSITIONS (crystal)
> > Mn1 0.000000000 0.000000000 -0.014999731
> > Mn2 0.333333333 0.666666667 0.485592670
> > Se 0.000000000 0.000000000 0.359333481
> > Se 0.333333333 0.666666667 0.860073579
> > End final coordinates
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > MOHNISH,
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Mohnish Pandey
> > Y6927262,5th Year dual degree student,
> > Department of Chemical Engineering,
> > IIT KANPUR, UP, INDIA
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MOHNISH,
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Mohnish Pandey
Y6927262,5th Year dual degree student,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
IIT KANPUR, UP, INDIA
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