[Wien] A small query

tran at theochem.tuwien.ac.at tran at theochem.tuwien.ac.at
Tue May 24 14:18:03 CEST 2016


It's ok since it does not matter at all for the mBJ calculation where
the files lda.* are located.
It's only important to use save_lapw after the LDA calculation
to avoid to mix the LDA and mBJ results in the same scf file.


On Tuesday 2016-05-24 14:04, Dr. K. C. Bhamu wrote:

>Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 14:04:28
>From: Dr. K. C. Bhamu <kcbhamu85 at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: A Mailing list for WIEN2k users <wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
>To: A Mailing list for WIEN2k users <wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
>Subject: Re: [Wien] A small query
>
>Dear Dr. Tran
>In addition to this query, my mail is just for your confirmation whether I
>did correct or not.
>I optimized atomic positions using lda. Then did "save_lapw -d lda"
>and run mbj as suggested in UG.
>I did not keep lda.scf for mBJ calculation and ran with "run_lapw -p"
>
>Does it correct or should I keep lda.scf in pwd for mBJ?
>
>Kind regards
>Bhamu
>
>
>On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 5:27 PM, <tran at theochem.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
>      This warning concerns the forces which are used for the
>      optimization of
>      the position of atoms. So, I guess that you are optimizing the
>      position
>      of atoms, which should not be (and can not be) done with mBJ
>      since mBJ
>      is only a potential (no associated energy) that should be used
>      only for
>      band structure. Run a mBJ calculation only at a fixed geometry
>      (GGA or experimental, etc.).
>
>      F. Tran
>
>      On Tuesday 2016-05-24 13:42, Yedu Kondalu wrote:
>
>            Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 13:42:57
>            From: Yedu Kondalu <nykondalu at gmail.com>
>            Reply-To: A Mailing list for WIEN2k users
>            <wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
>            To: wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
>            Subject: Re: [Wien] Warnings in TB-mBJ calculation
>            but not in (LDA/GGA)
>               calculation
>
>            Dear sir,
>
>               Here are the warning in the SCF file while
>            running TB-mBJ calculation.
>
>            grep -e :WARN *.scf
>
>            :WARN  FCORE for atom   1 not converged at RMT.
>            Estimated inaccuracy:  0.1184 mRy/bohr
>            :WARN  FCORE for atom   2 not converged at RMT.
>            Estimated inaccuracy:  0.3456 mRy/bohr
>            :WARN  FCORE for atom   3 not converged at RMT.
>            Estimated inaccuracy:  0.2879 mRy/bohr
>            :WARN  FCORE for atom   4 not converged at RMT.
>            Estimated inaccuracy:  0.1170 mRy/bohr
>            :WARN  FCORE for atom   5 not converged at RMT.
>            Estimated inaccuracy:  0.2888 mRy/bohr
>            :WARN  FCORE for atom   6 not converged at RMT.
>            Estimated inaccuracy:  0.3401 mRy/bohr
>
>
>            grep :ENE *.scf
>
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.92106926
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.88615877
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.83389420
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.80209222
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.79086646
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.77803982
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.77699976
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.77646892
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.77629528
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.77610768
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.77607630
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.77603251
>            :ENE  : ********** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -238077.77601900
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237913.10481970
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237912.58423592
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237912.26250577
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237912.04291171
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237911.89361189
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237911.78337650
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237911.70786686
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237911.64791205
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237911.60856615
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237911.57382848
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237911.55377846
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237911.53263201
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237911.52423892
>            :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =     
>            -237911.51178371
>...........................................................................
>            ...........................
>...........................................................................
>            ...........................
>
>
>            Best regards
>            N. Yedukondalu
>            ACRHEM, University of Hyderabad.
>            Hyderabad, India.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>              
>
>
>            On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Yedu Kondalu
>            <nykondalu at gmail.com> wrote:
>                 Dear Prof. P. Blaha and wien2k users,
>
>               We are doing electronic structure calculations
>            for MX2 type compound. As a first step we performed
>            the scf calculation and it is completed
>            successfully without any warning in the total
>            energy. As a next step, we did TB-mBJ calculation to
>            get reliable band gap. However, we end up
>            with warnings in scf file for the total energies
>            till end of the calculations.
>
>                  We also attempted to solve this problem by
>            following some suggestions from you previously for
>            HfO2 system
>(http://wien.zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.narkive.com/dXWnRjph/fcore-not-converg
>            ed-at-rmt-warnings) but still warning remains the
>            same. So, we
>            kindly request you to suggest us a way to solve this
>            problem.
>
>            We also attached the structure file for your kind
>            reference. Please find the attachment.
>
>            Thanking you sir,
>
>            Best regards
>            N. Yedukondalu
>            ACRHEM, University of Hyderabad.
>            Hyderabad, India.
>
>               
>              
>
>               
>
>
>
>
>            --
>                             Regards
>            Neelam Yedukondalu, Research scholar
>                C/O Dr. G. S. Vaitheeswaran
>            ACRHEM, University of Hyderabad
>              Hyderabad - 500046, A.P, India.
>                    Mobile No : 9490782129 
>
>
>
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