[QE-users] Is this a bug in vc-relax of QE-6.4.1

Paolo Giannozzi p.giannozzi at gmail.com
Fri Dec 27 09:45:51 CET 2019


What should you do? implement stress in the noncollinear case with GGA.
Incidentally I also need it and just implemented it, but it is untested.
You find it here (NO WARRANTY IT WORKS) as a "merge request" with respect
to the current develop version:
https://gitlab.com/QEF/q-e/merge_requests/720

Paolo

On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 1:34 PM Jibiao Li <jibiaoli at foxmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi, Lorenzo
>
> It complaint in the output "noncollinear stress +GGA in not implemented".
> What should I do next if I insist on using spin orbital coupling ?
>
> Regards
>
> Jibiao Li
>
> ------------------ Original ------------------
> *From:* "Lorenzo Paulatto"<paulatz at gmail.com>;
> *Date:* Tue, Dec 24, 2019 07:13 PM
> *To:* "Quantum ESPRESSO users Forum"<users at lists.quantum-espresso.org>;
> *Subject:* Re: [QE-users] Is this a bug in vc-relax of QE-6.4.1
>
> I think that stress is not computed when using spin orbit coupling with
> PAW datasets, it shouldn be stated in output anyway, I recommend you check.
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Lorenzo Paulatto
>
> On Tue, 24 Dec 2019, 03:51 Jibiao Li, <jibiaoli at foxmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear QE community,
>>
>> I am performing vc-relax calculations using QE-6.4.1. However, it seems
>> that vc-relax does not take effect at all; the unit cell is frozen at the
>> size of beginning. Please help me.
>>
>> OUTPUT:
>> CELL_PARAMETERS angstrom
>>      8.525783444    0.000815216    0.000018329
>>     -4.262185569    7.385829154   -0.001218091
>>      0.000043425   -0.005001079   21.778300000
>> INPUT:
>> CELL_PARAMETERS angstrom
>>      8.525783444    0.000815216    0.000018329
>>     -4.262185569    7.385829154   -0.001218091
>>      0.000043425   -0.005001079   21.778300000
>>
>>
>> &CONTROL
>>                  calculation = 'vc-relax' ,
>>                 restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,
>>                       outdir = './' ,
>>                   pseudo_dir = '/home/pc/pseudo/' ,
>>                       prefix = 'bulk' ,
>>                        nstep = 299 ,
>>  /
>>  &SYSTEM
>>                        ibrav = 0,
>>                          nat = 48,
>>                         ntyp = 2,
>>                      ecutwfc = 49 ,
>>                      ecutrho = 591 ,
>>                  occupations = 'smearing' ,
>>                      degauss = 0.02D0 ,
>>                     smearing = 'gaussian' ,
>>                     noncolin = .true. ,
>>                     lspinorb = .true. ,
>>                     vdw_corr = 'grimme-d2' ,
>>  /
>>  &ELECTRONS
>>             electron_maxstep = 299,
>>                  mixing_beta = 0.2D0 ,
>>              diagonalization = 'david' ,
>>  /
>>  &IONS
>>                 ion_dynamics = 'bfgs' ,
>>  /
>>  &CELL
>>                cell_dynamics = 'bfgs' ,
>>  /
>> CELL_PARAMETERS angstrom
>>      8.525783444    0.000815216    0.000018329
>>     -4.262185569    7.385829154   -0.001218091
>>      0.000043425   -0.005001079   21.778300000
>> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>>    Ge   72.59000  Ge.rel-pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
>>    Te  127.60000  Te.rel-pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
>> ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom
>>    Ge      0.000000000   -0.000000000   19.963441273
>>    Ge     -2.115262828    3.663742689   19.963441273
>>    Ge      4.230525655   -0.000000000   19.963441273
>>    Ge      2.115262828    3.663742689   19.963441273
>>    Te      2.115262828    1.221247563   18.148582975
>>    Te      0.000000000    4.884990252   18.148582975
>>    Te      6.345788483    1.221247563   18.148582975
>>    Te      4.230525655    4.884990252   18.148582975
>>    Ge      0.000000000    2.442495126   16.333724678
>>    Ge     -2.115262828    6.106237815   16.333724678
>>    Ge      4.230525655    2.442495126   16.333724678
>>    Ge      2.115262828    6.106237815   16.333724678
>>    Te      0.000000000    0.000000000   14.518866380
>>    Te     -2.115262828    3.663742689   14.518866380
>>    Te      4.230525655    0.000000000   14.518866380
>>    Te      2.115262828    3.663742689   14.518866380
>>    Ge      2.115262828    1.221247563   12.704008083
>>    Ge      0.000000000    4.884990252   12.704008083
>>    Ge      6.345788483    1.221247563   12.704008083
>>    Ge      4.230525655    4.884990252   12.704008083
>>    Te      0.000000000    2.442495126   10.889149785
>>    Te     -2.115262828    6.106237815   10.889149785
>>    Te      4.230525655    2.442495126   10.889149785
>>    Te      2.115262828    6.106237815   10.889149785
>>    Ge      0.000000000    0.000000000    9.074291488
>>    Ge     -2.115262828    3.663742689    9.074291488
>>    Ge      4.230525655    0.000000000    9.074291488
>>    Ge      2.115262828    3.663742689    9.074291488
>>    Te      2.115262828    1.221247563    7.259433190
>>    Te      0.000000000    4.884990252    7.259433190
>>    Te      6.345788483    1.221247563    7.259433190
>>    Te      4.230525655    4.884990252    7.259433190
>>    Ge      0.000000000    2.442495126    5.444574893
>>    Ge     -2.115262828    6.106237815    5.444574893
>>    Ge      4.230525655    2.442495126    5.444574893
>>    Ge      2.115262828    6.106237815    5.444574893
>>    Te      0.000000000    0.000000000    3.629716595
>>    Te     -2.115262828    3.663742689    3.629716595
>>    Te      4.230525655    0.000000000    3.629716595
>>    Te      2.115262828    3.663742689    3.629716595
>>    Ge      2.115262828    1.221247563    1.814858298
>>    Ge     -0.000000000    4.884990252    1.814858298
>>    Ge      6.345788483    1.221247563    1.814858298
>>    Ge      4.230525655    4.884990252    1.814858298
>>    Te      0.000000000    2.442495126    0.000000000
>>    Te     -2.115262828    6.106237815    0.000000000
>>    Te      4.230525655    2.442495126    0.000000000
>>    Te      2.115262828    6.106237815    0.000000000
>> K_POINTS automatic
>>   4 4 1   0 0 0
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *Dr. Jibiao Li, *
>> *Department of Material Science and Engineering*
>> *Yangtze Normal University*
>> *Juxian Dadao 16#, Fuling, Chongqing, China*
>> *Email: jibiaoli at yznu.edu.cn <jibiaoli at yznu.edu.cn>, jibiaoli at foxmail.com
>> <jibiaoli at foxmail.com>, jibiao.li at hotmail.com <jibiao.li at hotmail.com>*
>> *Homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jibiao_Li
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>>
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