[QE-users] unable to open the output file of vc relax inxcrysden while performing calculation for slab

Priyanka Makkar p20170414 at goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Sat Oct 13 11:08:15 CEST 2018


Hi Hari,
Thanks for the reply. As suggested by  you, I have checked the lattice
parameters and atomic positions in output of vc-relax and both are present.
I am sending you the input file. kindly help me out in resolving the issue.




 &CONTROL
                       title = 'MnF-slab' ,
                 calculation = 'vc-relax' ,
                restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,
                      outdir = '/home/p20170414/MnF-slab/' ,
                      wfcdir = '/home/p20170414/MnF-slab/' ,
                  pseudo_dir =
'/opt/apps/quantum_espresso/qe-6.1/pseudo/pslibrary.1.0.0/pbe/PSEUDOPOTENTIALS/'
,
                      prefix = 'pwscf' ,
                   verbosity = 'high' ,
 /
 &SYSTEM
                       ibrav = 0,
                   celldm(1) = 11.3557527319d0,
                         nat = 28,
                        ntyp = 3,
                     ecutwfc = 40 ,
                     ecutrho = 480 ,
                   input_dft = 'pbe' ,
                 occupations = 'smearing' ,
                     degauss = 0.005d0 ,
                    smearing = 'methfessel-paxton' ,
                       nspin = 2 ,
   starting_magnetization(1) = 0.5,
                  lda_plus_u = .true. ,
             lda_plus_u_kind = 0 ,
                Hubbard_U(1) = 1.769,
                Hubbard_U(2) = 6.531,
                    vdw_corr = 'grimme-d2' ,
 /
 &ELECTRONS
           scf_must_converge = .false. ,
                    conv_thr = 1d-06 ,
                 mixing_mode = 'local-TF' ,
                 mixing_beta = 0.7d0 ,
 /
 &IONS
                ion_dynamics = 'bfgs' ,
 /
 &CELL
               cell_dynamics = 'bfgs' ,
 /
CELL_PARAMETERS alat
     1.000000000    0.000000000    0.000000000
    -0.500000000    0.866025404    0.000000000
     0.000000000    0.000000000    3.297106646
ATOMIC_SPECIES
   Fe   55.84500  Fe.pbe-n-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF
   Mn   54.93800  Mn.pbe-spn-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF
    O   15.99940  O.pbe-n-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF
ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal
   Fe      0.000000000    0.000000000    0.030955041
    O      0.363288149    0.181644075    0.064691840
    O      0.818355924    0.181644075    0.064691840
    O      0.818355924    0.636711850    0.064691840
    O      0.333333334    0.666666667    0.070255356
   Mn      0.500000000    0.000000000    0.123820165
   Mn      0.000000000    0.500000000    0.123820165
   Mn      0.500000000    0.500000000    0.123820165
    O      0.666666666    0.333333333    0.177384975
    O      0.181644076    0.363288150    0.182948491
    O      0.181644076    0.818355925    0.182948491
    O      0.636711851    0.818355925    0.182948491
   Fe      0.000000000    0.000000000    0.216685290
   Mn      0.333333333    0.666666667    0.247640331
   Fe      0.666666667    0.333333333    0.278595372
    O      0.029954816    0.514977408    0.312332171
    O      0.485022591    0.514977408    0.312332171
    O      0.485022591    0.970045183    0.312332171
    O      0.000000001    0.000000000    0.317895687
   Mn      0.166666667    0.333333333    0.371460496
   Mn      0.166666667    0.833333333    0.371460496
   Mn      0.666666667    0.833333333    0.371460496
    O      0.333333333    0.666666666    0.425025306
    O      0.303378517    0.151689259    0.430588821
    O      0.848310742    0.151689259    0.430588821
    O      0.848310742    0.696621484    0.430588821
   Fe      0.666666667    0.333333333    0.464325620
   Mn      0.000000000    0.000000000    0.495280662
K_POINTS automatic
  4 4 1   0 0 0




*Priyanka Makkar*
*Research Scholar*
*BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus*
*India*




On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 7:54 PM Hari Paudyal <hpaudya1 at binghamton.edu>
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> Hi Priyanka,
>
> If you provide your input/output file then it would be easy to figure out
> the problem exactly. This time I can only guess based on my experience
> using xcrysden. In each bfgs step you get lattice parameters and atomic
> position written in the output of vc-relax, I think you are missing those
> information. You can check your output if the system is relaxed correctly
> writing the output. Let us know, if any.
>
> Best,
> Hari Paudyal
> SUNY Binghamton, NY
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 4:41 AM Priyanka Makkar <
> p20170414 at goa.bits-pilani.ac.in> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I am doing the calculation for making a slab of MnFe2O4 but the output
>> file is not opening in xcrysden after vc relax. It is giving the following
>> error as shown below. kindly help in getting the solution.
>>
>> Your reply will be grateful.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Operating system : Linux
>> [p20170414 at kosambi ~]$ Package ImageMagick's convert: /usr/bin/convert
>> Package ImageMagick's import: /usr/bin/import
>> Package Xwd: /usr/bin/xwd
>> Executing: /opt/apps/xcrysden/bin/ftnunit
>> PWSCF version of the output: 6.1
>> TEXT-WIDGET: .a1.f1.t
>> PWSCF version of the output: 6.1
>> TEXT-WIDGET: .a2.f1.t
>> Executing: /usr/bin/gawk -f /opt/apps/xcrysden/Awk/pwo_coortype.awk
>> /home/p20170414/MnF-Slab/MnF-vc-relax.pw.out
>> ctypes = 0
>> pwOutputPresetWhat: /opt/apps/xcrysden/scripts/pwo2xsf.sh --latestcoor
>> /home/p20170414/MnF-Slab/MnF-vc-relax.pw.out
>> Executing: sh /opt/apps/xcrysden/scripts/pwo2xsf.sh --latestcoor
>> /home/p20170414/MnF-Slab/MnF-vc-relax.pw.out > pwo2xsf.xsf
>> Executing: sh /opt/apps/xcrysden/scripts/dummy.sh
>> /home/p20170414/MnF-Slab/MnF-vc-relax.pw.out
>> Number of Atoms:  0
>> Number of Frames: 0
>> Estimated number of bonds = 0
>> sInfo(dim) = 0; periodic(dim) = 0
>>
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*Priyanka Makkar*
*Research Scholar*
*BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus*
*India*
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