[Wien] Large difference in calculated and experimental EFG

Ramsewak Kashyap kashyaprs89 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 19 09:40:49 CET 2019


Sorry sir,

 It has 24 non equivalent site with 32 atoms in 2x2x2 cell and RKmax is 7.5
and 100 k-points and Ti replaced by Ta
Convergence criteria- ec 0.001 cc 0.001 fc 1mRy/bohr

Similarly for 3x3x2 supercell 48 non equivalent site and same condition


On Tue 19 Mar, 2019, 12:02 PM Peter Blaha, <pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
wrote:

> I guess you said it is TiNi.
>
> How can a 2x2x2 supercell have 24 atoms ? This implies it has 3 atoms in
> the original cell, but that cannot be TiNi.
>
> Even more puzzling: 3x3x2 times 3 is for sure not 48 atoms ????
>
> PS: I'd definitely go first to about 60 atoms cells, later on test
> convergence with 120 atoms cells !!!
>
> More problems: What is your RKmax ? You definitely should increase it
> from the default 7.0 !   What is your k-mesh ?? It is a metal !
>
> And finally: Is it know whether the Ta sits on a substitutional site ?
> Which one, Ti or Ni ?  Or is it some interstital site ??
>
> Most likely this is not well known experimentally. So several different
> model calculations may be necessary and you can use E-tot (lowest) as
> well as the EFG/eta to decide which structural model is the correct one.
>
> Am 19.03.2019 um 05:56 schrieb Ramsewak Kashyap:
> > In 2x2x2 supercell, total no. of atoms was 24 and it gave EFG value 6.5
> > 10**21V/m**2 with eta 0.81.
> > I have also calculated for 3x3x2 supercell has 48 atoms and it gave EFG
> > value 6.3 10**21V/m**2 with eta 0.88
> >
> > While experimental is about EFG is 4.4 with eta 0.60..
> >
> > On Mon 18 Mar, 2019, 7:39 PM Peter Blaha, <pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> > <mailto:pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at>> wrote:
> >
> >     Most importantly: You talked about a 2x2x2 supercell ???
> >
> >     We don't know how big your original cell was, but a 16 atome cell
> >     with 1
> >     T is not an impurity as measured in PAC.
> >     How many atoms are in this supercell ???
> >
> >     You must probably increase the supercell size and check convergence
> of
> >     the EFG.
> >
> >     On 3/18/19 1:15 PM, Stefaan Cottenier wrote:
> >      > If the goal is to have a EFG that is a predictive as possible for
> >      > experiment, then it is advised to take the experimental cell
> >     parameters
> >      > (but with position optimization).
> >      >
> >      > If that EFG does not agree with experiment, then this is a
> >     trigger to
> >      > search further. There can be many reasons (assuming both the
> >     experiment
> >      > and the calculation are correctly done):
> >      >
> >      >   * You have an unusually sensitive case, where small details that
> >      >     usually do not matter do affect the EFG
> >      >   * The effect of temperature might be unusually large (your
> >     calculation
> >      >     is at 0 K)
> >      >   * Maybe the Ta atom is associated with a defect (vacancy,
> oxygen,…)
> >      >     and the experiment measures that complex.
> >      >   * …
> >      >
> >      > Stefaan
> >      >
> >      > *From:*Wien <wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> >     <mailto:wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>> *On Behalf Of
> >      > *Ramsewak Kashyap
> >      > *Sent:* Monday, March 18, 2019 12:41 PM
> >      > *To:* A Mailing list for WIEN2k users
> >     <wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> >     <mailto:wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>>
> >      > *Subject:* Re: [Wien] Large difference in calculated and
> >     experimental EFG
> >      >
> >      > atomic positions  optimization means force relaxation.. I have
> >     did that.
> >      > but I am asking about cell parameter optimization. Is it
> >     necessary for
> >      > .cif file getting form COD??
> >      >
> >      > Thanks
> >      >
> >      > On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 4:55 PM Stefaan Cottenier
> >      > <Stefaan.Cottenier at ugent.be <mailto:Stefaan.Cottenier at ugent.be>
> >     <mailto:Stefaan.Cottenier at ugent.be
> >     <mailto:Stefaan.Cottenier at ugent.be>>> wrote:
> >      >
> >      >     Yes, optimization of the atomic positions is absolutely
> >     necessary to
> >      >     have a meaningful value for Vzz and eta in a supercell.
> >      >
> >      >     Stefaan
> >      >
> >      >     *From:*Wien <wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> >     <mailto:wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
> >      >     <mailto:wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> >     <mailto:wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>>> *On Behalf Of
> >      >     *Ramsewak Kashyap
> >      >     *Sent:* Monday, March 18, 2019 12:23 PM
> >      >     *To:* A Mailing list for WIEN2k users
> >      >     <wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> >     <mailto:wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
> >      >     <mailto:wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> >     <mailto:wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>>>
> >      >     *Subject:* [Wien] Large difference in calculated and
> >     experimental EFG
> >      >
> >      >     Hi Wien2k users,
> >      >
> >      >     I am doing EFG calculation for TiNi monoclinic phase, but I am
> >      >     getting large difference in Calculated and measured value, I
> have
> >      >     taken parameters from COD, then make 2x2x2 supercell and
> >     replace one
> >      >     Ti with Ta atom... is structural optimization is necessary??
> and
> >      >     eta value was also quite large as compare to measured value.
> >      >
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