[Wien] Structure optimization of Beta -Sn

Xavier Rocquefelte xavier.rocquefelte at univ-rennes1.fr
Thu Jun 4 09:35:12 CEST 2020


I have to remove "s" as you did and rewrite the loop with the symmetry 
operations.

It is a problem with the origin choice!

Regards

Xavier





Le 04/06/2020 à 09:33, Tran, Fabien a écrit :
>
> ​Dear Xavier,
>
> Your cif file can be converted to struct, but only if I remove ​"s" as 
> suggested by Shamik. I tried with cif2struct from old and new versions 
> of cWIEN2k. But, I still get the wrong structure at the end of 
> init_lapw (4 equivalent atoms). If I understood correctly, you did not 
> have these two problems with your cif file?
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Wien <wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at> on behalf of 
> Xavier Rocquefelte <xavier.rocquefelte at univ-rennes1.fr>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 4, 2020 9:13 AM
> *To:* wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> *Subject:* Re: [Wien] Structure optimization of Beta -Sn
>
> 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 
>> filewas 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> on behalf of 
>> Xavier Rocquefelte <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> on behalf of 
>>> shamik chakrabarti <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 
>>> <mailto: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
>>>     <mailto:wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at>> on behalf of
>>>     shamik chakrabarti <shamik15041981 at gmail.com
>>>     <mailto: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
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