[QE-users] Freezing Intermediate Images in NEB Calculation

Achintya Kumar kumar.achintya14 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 1 13:43:54 CEST 2019


Dear Thomas
please find input and output files for the same.

On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 5:07 PM Achintya Kumar <kumar.achintya14 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Thomas
> My input and output files are attached
> BEGIN
>
> BEGIN_PATH_INPUT
> &PATH
> restart_mode='from_scratch'
> string_method='neb',
> ds=2.D0,
> opt_scheme="broyden",
> num_of_images=15,
> nstep_path = 60,
> k_max=0.3D0,
> k_min=0.20D0,
> path_thr=0.1D0,
> /
> END_PATH_INPUT
> BEGIN_ENGINE_INPUT
> &CONTROL
> prefix="snse"
> outdir="./outdir",
> pseudo_dir="/cad/QE/pseudopotentials/upf_files",
> /
> &SYSTEM
> ibrav= 0,
> celldm(1)=1.889725989,
> nat= 4,
> ntyp= 2,
> ecutwfc= 40.0D0,
> ecutrho= 200.0D0,
> occupations= "fixed",
> /
> &ELECTRONS
> conv_thr    = 1.D-6,
> mixing_beta = 0.5D0,
> /
> &IONS
> /
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
> Sn 118.71 Sn.pbe-dn-kjpaw_psl.0.2.UPF
> Se 78.960 Se.pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.0.2.UPF
> CELL_PARAMETERS (alat=  1.88972599)
>    4.393133495   0.000000000   0.000000000
>    0.000000000   4.245162285   0.000000000
>    0.000000000   0.000000000  25.000000000
>
> K_POINTS automatic
> 14 14 1 0 0 0
> BEGIN_POSITIONS
> FIRST_IMAGE
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom
> Sn       -0.27090369  0.000000000   11.151283650
> Se        0.27090369  0.000000000   13.851931775
> Sn       -2.467470438 2.122581143   13.848716350
> Se        2.467470438 2.122581143   11.148068225
> INTERMEDIATE_IMAGE
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom
> Sn       0.000000000 0.000000000   11.151283650
> Se       0.000000000 0.000000000   13.851931775
> Sn       2.196566748 2.122581143   13.848716350
> Se       2.196566748 2.122581143   11.148068225
> LAST_IMAGE
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom
> Sn       0.27090369  0.000000000   11.151283650
> Se      -0.27090369  0.000000000   13.851931775
> Sn       2.467470438 2.122581143   13.848716350
> Se      -2.467470438 2.122581143   11.148068225
> END_POSITIONS
> END_ENGINE_INPUT
>
> END
> #############################################################
>  activation energy (->) =   1.251588 eV
>      activation energy (<-) =   1.251588 eV
>
>      image        energy (eV)        error (eV/A)        frozen
>
>          1     -17182.1943011            0.998235            T
>          2     -17182.4628221            0.079139            F
>          3     -17181.6722586            0.069784            F
>          4     -17181.2913646            0.124247            F
>          5     -17181.0750253            0.130701            F
>          6     -17181.2203018            0.125583            F
>          7     -17182.2031417            0.146372            F
>          8     -17182.0989949            0.080510            F
>          9     -17181.3352176            0.093461            F
>         10     -17180.9427134            0.045147            F
>         11     -17181.0428918            0.172851            F
>         12     -17181.6282545            0.148683            F
>         13     -17181.7506510            0.946514            F
>         14     -17182.4631851            0.193101            F
>         15     -17182.1943013            0.997393            T
>
>      path length          = 32.289 bohr
>      inter-image distance =  2.306 bohr
>
>
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>      neb: reached the maximum number of steps
>
>      NEB          :     9h37m CPU       10h36m WALL
>
>
>    This run was terminated on:  22:39:42  14Jun2019
>
>
> =------------------------------------------------------------------------------=
>    JOB DONE.
>
> =------------------------------------------------------------------------------=
>
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 4:58 PM Thomas Brumme <thomas.brumme at uni-leipzig.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Achintya,
>>
>> without any info on how you made your NEB calculation, which system using
>> this or that
>> parameter, we cannot judge if it is correct or not. If you don't want to
>> or can't provide these
>> informations, then you need to discuss this with some locals. Your
>> supervisor?
>> In general, if you want to know if an NEB makes sense you need to have an
>> idea of the
>> potential energy surface and look at the final path...
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>> On 7/1/19 12:02 PM, Achintya Kumar wrote:
>>
>> Dear Thomas
>> How can I make sure that my neb calculation is correct or not.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 3:29 PM Achintya Kumar <kumar.achintya14 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Thomas
>>> I have done the same thing by splitting my path in two separate paths,
>>> but I was just interested to know whether it is possible or not to fix an
>>> intermediate images.
>>> Thanks for your answer.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 1:55 PM Thomas Brumme <
>>> thomas.brumme at uni-leipzig.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Achintya,
>>>>
>>>> I think that fixing an intermediate image is not possible as this makes
>>>> no sense.
>>>> If an image is fixed, it is also an end point of an elastic band... So,
>>>> if you just
>>>> split your path in two separate paths you can fix this "intermediate"
>>>> image.
>>>>
>>>> Cheerio
>>>>
>>>> Thomas
>>>>
>>>> On 7/1/19 8:19 AM, Achintya Kumar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello
>>>> How can I kept frozen intermediate images in NEB calculation?
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Achintya Priydarshi
>>>> Research Scholar
>>>> IIT Kanpur.
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>>> ===========================
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Achintya Priydarshi
>> Research Scholar
>> IIT Kanpur.
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Brumme
>> Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
>> Leipzig University
>> Phillipp-Rosenthal-Strasse 31
>> 04103 Leipzig
>>
>> Tel:  +49 (0)341 97 36456
>>
>> email: thomas.brumme at uni-leipzig.de
>>
>>
>
> --
> =========================
> Achintya Priydarshi
> Research Scholar
> IIT Kanpur.
> ===========================
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