[Pw_forum] atomic making a pp for chromium

Giuseppe Mattioli giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it
Wed Jun 5 16:42:49 CEST 2013


>  but at the moment I'm getting a
> negative dr2 error with that one.

I know something of such issue... There are workarounds (which I do not remember, of course... Look into the past threads of the mailing list). You 
may also try the multichannel US one.

G.


On Wednesday 05 June 2013 16:22:46 Ben Palmer wrote:
> Dear Giuseppe,
> 
> I will try the HGH pp and will try a higher cutoff.  I'm using quite
> high cutoffs at the moment, but I've not tried the hgh pp yet.  I had a
> go at making a PAW pp using atompaw, but at the moment I'm getting a
> negative dr2 error with that one.  I'll try the hgh one now and report
> back.
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Ben
> 
> > Dear Ben
> > I've used the Cr as a dopant in a host matrix, without testing the bulk
> > modulus (btw, are the lattice parameters OK? I suppose you are speaking
> > about metal Cr bulk...)
> > Only a couple of notes before disbanding the Cr.pbe-sp-van.UPF one
> > Have you tried to push your cutoffs to very high values? I've had some
> > hard times with a very similar Co Vanderbilt PP, which provided good
> > structural results only by using very tight convergence criteria
> > (40/320Ry). This said, very good bulk moduli are not easy to obtain. 25%
> > off may be considered as a not terribly bad result for everything but
> > bulk Si... However, in the library there is a (tipically VERY hard)
> > Hartwigsen-Goedecker-Hutter (hgh) norm conserving pseudopotential which
> > may provide a good testing candidate (if you can afford the likely
> > 200~250 Ry cutoff on wfc...). You may also try with the pslibrary 0.3.0
> > ones, both US and PAW (you seem not look for NC...) They seem to be
> > quite similar
> > 
> > US
> > 
> >   &input
> >   
> >     title='Cr c',
> >     zed=24.0,
> >     rel=$nrel,
> >     config='[Ar] 3d5.0 4s1 4p0',
> >     iswitch=3,
> >     dft='$gfun'
> >   
> >   /
> >   &inputp
> >   
> >     pseudotype=3,
> >     file_pseudopw='Cr.$fct-spn-rrkjus_psl.0.2.3.UPF',
> >     author='ADC',
> >     lloc=-1,
> >     rcloc=2.0,
> >     which_augfun='PSQ',
> >     rmatch_augfun=1.3,
> >     nlcc=.true.,
> >     new_core_ps=.true.,
> >     rcore=0.7,
> >     tm=.true.
> >   
> >   /
> > 
> > 6
> > 3S  1  0  2.00  0.00  1.00  1.50  0.0
> > 4S  2  0  1.00  0.00  1.00  1.50  0.0
> > 3P  2  1  6.00  0.00  1.40  1.50  0.0
> > 4P  3  1  0.00  3.10  0.90  1.70  0.0
> > 3D  3  2  5.00  0.00  1.30  1.70  0.0
> > 3D  3  2 -2.00  0.30  1.30  1.70  0.0
> > 
> > PAW
> > 
> >   &input
> >   
> >     title='Cr c',
> >     zed=24.0,
> >     rel=$nrel,
> >     config='[Ar] 3d5.0 4s1 4p0',
> >     iswitch=3,
> >     dft='$gfun'
> >   
> >   /
> >   &inputp
> >   
> >     lpaw=.true.,
> >     pseudotype=3,
> >     file_pseudopw='Cr.$fct-spn-kjpaw_psl.0.2.3.UPF',
> >     author='ADC',
> >     lloc=-1,
> >     rcloc=2.0,
> >     which_augfun='PSQ',
> >     rmatch_augfun=1.3,
> >     nlcc=.true.,
> >     new_core_ps=.true.,
> >     rcore=0.7,
> >     tm=.true.
> >   
> >   /
> > 
> > 6
> > 3S  1  0  2.00  0.00  1.00  1.50  0.0
> > 4S  2  0  1.00  0.00  1.00  1.50  0.0
> > 3P  2  1  6.00  0.00  1.40  1.50  0.0
> > 4P  3  1  0.00  3.10  0.90  1.70  0.0
> > 3D  3  2  5.00  0.00  1.30  1.70  0.0
> > 3D  3  2 -2.00  0.30  1.30  1.70  0.0
> > 
> > Let us know if they work...
> > Yours
> > G.
> > 
> > On Wednesday 05 June 2013 14:44:51 Ben Palmer wrote:
> >> Hi Giuseppe,
> >> 
> >> I've tried the Cr.pbe-sp-van.UPF but my bulk modulus calculation is off
> >> by about 25-50%.  I've tried a calculation with no magnetisation set,
> >> nspin=1, and one with a starting magnetisation and nspin=2, but the
> >> results are quite similar.
> >> 
> >>                                                   lattice
> >> 
> >> constant/bohr                    bulk modulus/GPa
> >> Exp:                                         5.44
> >> 
> >>                                            190
> >> 
> >> No starting magnetisation:   5.37
> >> 
> >>                                                   257
> >> 
> >> With starting magnetism:
> >> 5.37                                                  257
> >> 
> >> I might have made a mistake in my input file, but I was hoping for the
> >> results to be different.  Would I need to rethink my input or look for a
> >> new pp?
> >> 
> >> All the best,
> >> 
> >> Ben
> >> 
> >>> Dear Ben
> >>> 
> >>> There is a nice USPP for Chromium in the QE online library. It is
> >>> Cr.pbe-sp-van.UPF
> >>> <http://www.quantum-espresso.org/wp-content/uploads/upf_files/Cr.pbe-sp
> >>> -v an.UPF>  and has the 3s and 3p semicore states in valence. I've used
> >>> it some time ago, and it is as fine as an ultrasoft PP can be...
> >>> 
> >>> HTH
> >>> 
> >>> Giuseppe
> >>> 
> >>> On Tuesday 04 June 2013 23:44:36 Ben Palmer wrote:
> >>>> Hi everyone, I've been trying to make a PP for chromium using atomic.
> >>>> 
> >>>> I've made one so far, but when testing Delta E is quite far out. I was
> >>>> 
> >>>> hoping to include some of the core electrons, but I'm not sure how to
> >>>> do
> >>>> 
> >>>> it.
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> This is my input script at the moment:
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> &input
> >>>> 
> >>>> title='Cr'
> >>>> 
> >>>> zed=24.
> >>>> 
> >>>> iswitch=3,
> >>>> 
> >>>> nld=10
> >>>> 
> >>>> rlderiv=2.90,
> >>>> 
> >>>> eminld=-4.0,
> >>>> 
> >>>> emaxld=4.0,
> >>>> 
> >>>> deld=0.01,
> >>>> 
> >>>> rpwe=2.90,
> >>>> 
> >>>> rel=1,
> >>>> 
> >>>> lsmall=.true.,
> >>>> 
> >>>> dft='PBE',
> >>>> 
> >>>> verbosity='high',
> >>>> 
> >>>> file_charge='charge.out',
> >>>> 
> >>>> config='[Ar] 3d5 4s1 4p0',
> >>>> 
> >>>> /
> >>>> 
> >>>> &inputp
> >>>> 
> >>>> pseudotype=3,
> >>>> 
> >>>> file_pseudopw='Cr.pbe-sr-uspp-tm.UPF',
> >>>> 
> >>>> lloc=0,
> >>>> 
> >>>> nlcc=.true.,
> >>>> 
> >>>> new_core_ps=.true.,
> >>>> 
> >>>> tm=.true.,
> >>>> 
> >>>> rcore=2.0,
> >>>> 
> >>>> /
> >>>> 
> >>>> 3
> >>>> 
> >>>> 3D 3 2 5.00 0.00 1.5 1.5
> >>>> 
> >>>> 4P 2 1 0.00 0.00 2.5 2.5
> >>>> 
> >>>> 4S 1 0 1.00 0.00 2.5 2.5
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> I also wasn't sure which shell to use for lloc, but varying it hasn't
> >>>> 
> >>>> made a noticable change to the Delta E on testing.
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thank you,
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Ben Palmer Student @ University of Birmingham, UK
> >>>> 
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