[Wien] Structure optimization of Beta -Sn
Dr. K. C. Bhamu
kcbhamu85 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 4 09:22:19 CEST 2020
hii Shamik,
open the cif file in VESTA and then export it again as a cif file. This new
cif file should work.
Regards
Bhamu
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:43 PM Xavier Rocquefelte <
xavier.rocquefelte at univ-rennes1.fr> wrote:
> Dear Fabien
>
> This is strange... Perhaps a conversion problem. Yes I have used the
> following cif file and cif2struct works for me!
>
> Regards
>
> Xavier
>
>
>
> Le 04/06/2020 à 09:10, Tran, Fabien a écrit :
>
> Dear Xavier,
>
> I read your email from yesterday, but I thought that his struct file was
> correct, because I got the same struct file from this cif file:
>
> http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/AMS/download.php?id=13353.cif&down=cif
>
> But you are right; if I visualize it, I can see that it is not beta-Sn.
> Besides, I can not convert cif to struct other cif files like the one that
> you sent. With cif2struct, I get "unknown space group name: I41/amds" and
> no struct file is generated.
>
> Did cif2struct work for you?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Wien <wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
> <wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at> on behalf of Xavier Rocquefelte
> <xavier.rocquefelte at univ-rennes1.fr> <xavier.rocquefelte at univ-rennes1.fr>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 3, 2020 11:54 PM
> *To:* wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> *Subject:* Re: [Wien] Structure optimization of Beta -Sn
>
>
> Dear Fabien,
>
> I explained to Shamik that the structure he was using was not correct.
>
> I also sent cif and struct file.
>
> See below a proper case.struct file.
>
> Shamik could you please send email only to the wienlist to avoid multiple
> answers from the list and many people trying to help you without having all
> the details?
>
>
> blebleble
> B LATTICE,NONEQUIV.ATOMS: 1 141 I41/amd
> MODE OF CALC=RELA unit=bohr
> 11.019938 11.019938 6.011975 90.000000 90.000000 90.000000
> ATOM 1: X=0.50000000 Y=0.25000000 Z=0.12500000
> MULT= 2 ISPLIT=-2
> 1: X=0.00000000 Y=0.25000000 Z=0.37500000
> Sn1 NPT= 781 R0=.000010000 RMT= 2.50000 Z: 50.
> LOCAL ROT MATRIX: 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
> 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
> 0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
> 16 NUMBER OF SYMMETRY OPERATIONS
> 1 0 0 0.00000000
> 0 1 0 0.00000000
> 0 0 1 0.00000000
> 1
> -1 0 0 0.50000000
> 0-1 0 0.00000000
> 0 0 1 0.50000000
> 2
> 0-1 0 0.25000000
> 1 0 0 0.75000000
> 0 0 1 0.25000000
> 3
> 0 1 0 0.25000000
> -1 0 0 0.25000000
> 0 0 1 0.75000000
> 4
> -1 0 0 0.50000000
> 0 1 0 0.00000000
> 0 0-1 0.50000000
> 5
> 1 0 0 0.00000000
> 0-1 0 0.00000000
> 0 0-1 0.00000000
> 6
> 0 1 0 0.25000000
> 1 0 0 0.75000000
> 0 0-1 0.25000000
> 7
> 0-1 0 0.25000000
> -1 0 0 0.25000000
> 0 0-1 0.75000000
> 8
> -1 0 0 0.00000000
> 0-1 0 0.00000000
> 0 0-1 0.00000000
> 9
> 1 0 0 0.50000000
> 0 1 0 0.00000000
> 0 0-1 0.50000000
> 10
> 0 1 0 0.75000000
> -1 0 0 0.25000000
> 0 0-1 0.75000000
> 11
> 0-1 0 0.75000000
> 1 0 0 0.75000000
> 0 0-1 0.25000000
> 12
> 1 0 0 0.50000000
> 0-1 0 0.00000000
> 0 0 1 0.50000000
> 13
> -1 0 0 0.00000000
> 0 1 0 0.00000000
> 0 0 1 0.00000000
> 14
> 0-1 0 0.75000000
> -1 0 0 0.25000000
> 0 0 1 0.75000000
> 15
> 0 1 0 0.75000000
> 1 0 0 0.75000000
> 0 0 1 0.25000000
> 16
>
>
>
>
>
> Le 03/06/2020 à 21:38, Tran, Fabien a écrit :
>
> Using a RKmax above 7 should not lead to completely wrong results.
> One important point is how the lattice constants a and c were varied. In a
> meaningful way?
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Wien <wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
> <wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at> on behalf of shamik chakrabarti
> <shamik15041981 at gmail.com> <shamik15041981 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 3, 2020 8:40 PM
> *To:* A Mailing list for WIEN2k users
> *Subject:* Re: [Wien] Structure optimization of Beta -Sn
>
> Dear Dr. Tran,
>
> I have used both plain GGA & nlvdw independently & in
> both cases the results are same. I have used Rmr*Kmax=9 for nlvdw & 7 for
> GGA. Do you think moving to larger Rmt*Kmax may solve the problem? I am
> currently going through the literature you have sent..
>
> with regards,
>
> On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 at 23:53, Tran, Fabien <fabien.tran at tuwien.ac.at>
> wrote:
>
>> At first sight you struct file seems ok, but this is difficult to help
>> you without more details. For instance: Which functional have you used? Are
>> you keeping the c/a ratio fixed? Have you looked into the literature:
>>
>> https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4948434
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Wien <wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at> on behalf of
>> shamik chakrabarti <shamik15041981 at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 3, 2020 8:06 PM
>> *To:* A Mailing list for WIEN2k users
>> *Subject:* [Wien] Structure optimization of Beta -Sn
>>
>> Dear wien2k users,
>>
>> I am trying to optimize the structure of
>> Beta - Sn. However, even after 20% increment of the volume there is no sign
>> of energy minima. I am attaching the struct file herewith this mail
>> for your consideration.
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> with regards,
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Shamik Chakrabarti
>> Research Fellow
>> Department of Physics
>> Indian Institute of Technology Patna
>> Bihta-801103
>> Patna
>> Bihar, India
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>
> --
> Dr. Shamik Chakrabarti
> Research Fellow
> Department of Physics
> Indian Institute of Technology Patna
> Bihta-801103
> Patna
> Bihar, India
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