[Pw_forum] regarding convergence of system

Amita Sihag sihag.amita at gmail.com
Sat Oct 8 14:23:24 CEST 2016


Dear all
I am facing the same problem as mentioned above with supercell (2*2*2) of
LaCoO3. It is not converged even after 1000 electronic iterations.I have
changed all he perimeters as mentioned above occupation='fixed' , mixing
beta = 0.2 etc.Its not working.Any kind of help would be appreciated.

&CONTROL
                       title = 'LaCoO3' ,
                      prefix = 'LaCoO3'
                 calculation = 'vc-relax' ,
                restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,
                 max_seconds = 1.0d+7 ,
                      outdir =
'/home/SSM_grp/amitasihag/LaCoO3/supercell/nonmagnetic/out' ,
                  pseudo_dir = './'
/
&SYSTEM
                       ibrav = 0,
                    celldm(1)= 1.89 ,
                         nat = 80,
                        ntyp = 3,
                        nbnd = 400 ,
                     ecutwfc = 30 ,
                     ecutrho = 300 ,
                 occupations = 'fixed'
/
&ELECTRONS
            electron_maxstep = 1500 ,
                    conv_thr = 1.0d-5 ,
                 mixing_mode = 'plain' ,
                 mixing_beta = 0.2 ,
             diagonalization = 'david' ,

/
&IONS
/
&CELL
/
CELL_PARAMETERS alat
  10.7399997711  0.0000000000  0.0000000000
   5.2412480519  9.3742687151  0.0000000000
   5.2412480519  3.0744074671  8.8557852655

ATOMIC_SPECIES
   La   138.91 La.pbe-nsp-van.UPF
   Co   58.933 Co.pbe-sp-van.UPF
   O    15.999 O.pbe-van_ak.UPF

ATOMIC_POSITIONS alat
La   2.652812105   1.556084500   1.106973092
La   5.273436170   3.093288256   5.534865791
La   5.273436131   6.243218857   1.106973092
La   7.894060196   7.780422614   5.534865791
La   8.022811831   1.556084500   1.106973092
La  10.643435896   3.093288256   5.534865791
La  10.643435857   6.243218857   1.106973092
La  13.264059922   7.780422614   5.534865791
La   7.958435953   4.668253568   3.320919475
La  10.579059979   6.205457302   7.748812107
La  10.579059979   9.355387926   3.320919475
La  13.199684005  10.892591659   7.748812107
La  13.328435839   4.668253568   3.320919475
La  15.949059865   6.205457302   7.748812107
La  15.949059865   9.355387926   3.320919475
La  18.569683890  10.892591659   7.748812107
Co   0.000000000   0.000000000   0.000000000
Co   2.620624026   1.537203734   4.427892633
Co   2.620624026   4.687134358   0.000000000
Co   5.241248052   6.224338091   4.427892633
Co   5.369999886   0.000000000   0.000000000
Co   7.990623911   1.537203734   4.427892633
Co   7.990623911   4.687134358   0.000000000
Co  10.611247937   6.224338091   4.427892633
Co   5.305624211   3.112169000   2.213946184
Co   7.926248315   4.649372779   6.641838949
Co   7.926248237   7.799303357   2.213946184
Co  10.546872341   9.336507137   6.641838949
Co  10.675623776   3.112169000   2.213946184
Co  13.296247880   4.649372779   6.641838949
Co  13.296247802   7.799303357   2.213946184
Co  15.916871906   9.336507137   6.641838949
O    7.414334322   5.595837165   3.320919475
O   10.034958348   7.133040899   7.748812107
O   10.034958348  10.282971523   3.320919475
O   12.655582374  11.820175256   7.748812107
O   12.784333887   5.595837165   3.320919475
O   15.404957913   7.133040899   7.748812107
O   15.404957913  10.282971523   3.320919475
O   18.025581939  11.820175256   7.748812107
O    3.196913420   0.628500623   1.106973092
O    5.817537485   2.165704380   5.534865791
O    5.817537290   5.315634702   1.106973092
O    8.438161355   6.852838458   5.534865791
O    8.566913626   0.628500623   1.106973092
O   11.187537691   2.165704380   5.534865791
O   11.187537496   5.315634702   1.106973092
O   13.808161561   6.852838458   5.534865791
O    7.958435953   4.044882307   4.197199414
O   10.579060135   5.582086132   8.625092311
O   10.579059823   8.732016385   4.197199414
O   13.199684005  10.269220210   8.625092311
O   13.328435839   4.044882307   4.197199414
O   15.949060021   5.582086132   8.625092311
O   15.949059708   8.732016385   4.197199414
O   18.569683890  10.269220210   8.625092311
O    2.652812135   2.179455779   0.230693202
O    5.273436014   3.716659426   4.658585587
O    5.273436317   6.866590416   0.230693202
O    7.894060196   8.403794063   4.658585587
O    8.022811860   2.179455779   0.230693202
O   10.643435740   3.716659426   4.658585587
O   10.643436042   6.866590416   0.230693202
O   13.264059922   8.403794063   4.658585587
O    8.502537428   4.364040954   2.444639535
O   11.123161298   5.901244596   6.872531904
O   11.123161454   9.051175311   2.444639535
O   13.743785324  10.588378953   6.872531904
O   13.872537634   4.364040954   2.444639535
O   16.493161503   5.901244596   6.872531904
O   16.493161660   9.051175311   2.444639535
O   19.113785529  10.588378953   6.872531904
O    2.108710530   1.860297068   1.983253098
O    4.729334712   3.397500893   6.411145995
O    4.729334595   6.547431495   1.983253098
O    7.349958777   8.084635320   6.411145995
O    7.478710676   1.860297068   1.983253098
O   10.099334858   3.397500893   6.411145995
O   10.099334741   6.547431495   1.983253098
O   12.719958923   8.084635320   6.411145995

K_POINTS automatic
2 2 2  0 0 0


On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Amita Sihag <sihag.amita at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear sir
> It has worked.I really appreciate your help.
>
> Thank you
> Amita
> Department of chemistry
> Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
> Gujrat,India
>
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Amita Sihag <sihag.amita at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>> I am trying to converge a supercell(2*2*1) of LaCoO3. The system is not
>> converged even after 500 iterations and 6 days. It is not achieving
>> convergence after so long.Please suggest the necessary. It will be a great
>> help.I am posting the input file of system
>>
>> &CONTROL
>>                        title = 'LaCoO3' ,
>>                       prefix = 'LaCoO3'
>>                  calculation = 'vc-relax' ,
>>                  max_seconds = 1.0d+7 ,
>>                 restart_mode = 'from_scratch'
>>                       outdir = '/home/SSM_grp/amitasihag/LaCoO3/221/nonmagnetic/out'
>> ,
>>                   pseudo_dir = './' ,
>> /
>> &SYSTEM
>>                        ibrav = 0,
>>                     celldm(1)= 1.89 ,
>>                          nat = 40,
>>                         ntyp = 3,
>>                      ecutwfc = 30 ,
>>                      ecutrho = 300 ,
>>                  occupations = 'smearing' ,
>>                     smearing = 'gaussian' ,
>>                      degauss = 0.020
>> /
>> &ELECTRONS
>>             electron_maxstep = 1500 ,
>>                     conv_thr = 1.0d-4 ,
>>                  mixing_mode = 'plain' ,
>>                  mixing_beta = 0.7 ,
>>              diagonalization = 'david' ,
>>
>> /
>> &IONS
>> /
>> &CELL
>> /
>> CELL_PARAMETERS alat
>>   11.145365372  -0.712543576  -0.511263360
>>    4.817125474  10.076876074  -0.512591875
>>    2.406770662   1.411311463   4.846536018
>>
>> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>>    La   138.91 La.pbe-nsp-van.UPF
>>    Co   58.933 Co.pbe-sp-van.UPF
>>    O    15.999 O.pbe-van_ak.UPF
>> ATOMIC_POSITIONS alat
>> La       2.570235772   1.475769989   1.203980885
>> La       5.043826568   6.594009649   0.701404953
>> La       8.208023646   1.169121254   0.739924489
>> La      10.540444808   6.193518050   0.672086391
>> La       7.828816665   4.582125889   3.150594320
>> La      10.161237827   9.606522686   3.082756222
>> La      13.325435071   4.181634280   3.121275751
>> La      15.799025866   9.299873941   2.618699819
>> Co       0.000000000   0.000000000   0.000000000
>> Co       2.408562737   5.038438038  -0.256295937
>> Co       5.572682687  -0.356271788  -0.255631680
>> Co       7.981245423   4.682166250  -0.511927617
>> Co       5.193223752   3.052636419   2.165050529
>> Co       7.602625127   8.080210085   1.913608150
>> Co      10.766636570   2.695433772   1.909072328
>> Co      13.176037945   7.723007437   1.657629949
>> O        6.992683749   5.929956840   3.249477607
>> O        9.402656127  10.967922022   2.996121010
>> O       12.568245646   5.570689038   2.997441518
>> O       14.982978449  10.597343273   2.736823953
>> O        3.386282547   0.178300388   1.085856789
>> O        5.801015207   5.204954323   0.825239239
>> O        8.966605535  -0.192278403   0.826559701
>> O       11.376577768   4.845686479   0.573203119
>> O        7.789346679   3.623570534   4.584043374
>> O       10.199663612   8.717912060   4.247900859
>> O       13.363561035   3.352073083   4.210598832
>> O       15.771782625   8.288580019   4.090623371
>> O        2.597478896   2.487063627  -0.267942599
>> O        5.005700775   7.423571164  -0.387918090
>> O        8.169597743   2.057731597  -0.425220079
>> O       10.579914964   7.152073724  -0.761362624
>> O        8.554085222   4.145085667   2.016871101
>> O       11.033664829   9.142012963   1.654431985
>> O       14.196470737   3.749360741   1.656499814
>> O       16.536162443   8.824852211   1.505548708
>> O        1.833099424   1.950791650   2.317132061
>> O        4.172791165   7.026283196   2.166180951
>> O        7.335596976   1.633630902   2.168248787
>> O        9.815176618   6.630558274   1.805809668
>> K_POINTS automatic
>> 2 2 4  0 0 0
>>
>> Thank you
>> Amita
>>
>
>
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