[Wien] calculation with lmbj potential

Peter Blaha peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at
Mon Jul 24 10:39:47 CEST 2023


sgroup does NOT add atoms. It will only split or combine positions (and 
eventually even reduce the unit cell). It must come from supercell.

PS: I hope you have used MSR1a method for relaxation ? MSR1 does not 
move atoms. Are the final forces all small ?


Am 24.07.2023 um 10:30 schrieb Burhan Ahmed:
> Yes, I have the relax the atomic positions using msr1 method.
> 
> I my 6ql slab I have one extra Te atom that generates from sgroup. Is 
> there any problem with that? Or it just created for symmetry purposes??
> 
> On Mon, 24 Jul, 2023, 1:56 pm Peter Blaha, <peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at 
> <mailto:peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
>     a) Your vacuum is very large, which can create problems and cost a lot
>     of cpu time. 20 Ang are more than enough.
>     b) As mentioned before: this is a doped SC, so most likely never a gap
>     .... Is it intended ?
> 
>     d) Did you relax the slab in PBE ? Just the bulk coordinates are
>     probably nonsense.
>     e) ALWAYS converge PBE first; save_lapw; and use this as start for mBJ.
> 
> 
>     Am 24.07.2023 um 10:04 schrieb Burhan Ahmed:
>      > The results from the last 20 iterations (for lmbj calculation)
>      >
>      > Analysis of parameter:
>      > :ENE :DIS :GAP
>      > in bi2te3lmbj.scf (showing last 20 / 1 lines)
>      >
>      > --- ENE -----------
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.11941651
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.11305258
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.10571778
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.09359536
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.08522256
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.07976176
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.07273400
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.06627481
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.05653160
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.05078986
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.04165986
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.02824173
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.02513981
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.01487899
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775750.00743085
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775749.99627176
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775749.99306205
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775749.98317825
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775749.97811958
>      > :ENE  : *WARNING** TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =      -775749.96939695
>      > --- DIS -----------
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.2460241 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          2.0217470
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.2354501 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          2.0167505
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.2249023 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          2.0117662
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.2143828 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          2.0067942
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.2038864 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          2.0018343
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.1934158 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9968867
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.1829711 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9919508
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.1725544 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9870274
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.1621656 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9821164
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.1518018 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9772172
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.1414653 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9723300
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.1311557 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9674546
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.1208686 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9625908
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.1106085 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9577392
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.1003736 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9528994
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.0901658 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9480720
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.0799795 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9432557
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.0698205 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9384514
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.0596869 for atom    3 spin 1) 
>          1.9336590
>      > :DIS  :  CHARGE DISTANCE      (  4.0495779 for atom    3 spin 1)
>      > 1.9288781
>      > #########################################
>      > Yes I have converged the calculation using PBE-GGA and PBE-GGA with
>      > SO. And in both the cases I have found the metallic nature of crystal
>      > (using grep :GAP) and also in band structure the VB crosses the Fermi
>      > level.
>      > ##########################################
>      > No, I didn't use the previous electron and kinetic energy density for
>      > the lmbj calculation. What I did is created a new directory and I did
>      > the fresh calculation.
>      >
>      >
>      > On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 1:22 PM <fabien.tran at vasp.at
>     <mailto:fabien.tran at vasp.at>> wrote:
>      >>
>      >> Could you show how the total energy and distance charge evolve
>     during
>      >> the iterations of the lmBJ-SOC calculation (grep for :ENE and DIS in
>      >> case.scf)?
>      >>
>      >> Before using lmBJ-SOC, did you succeed to converge a calculation
>     on your
>      >> system using another method, like GGA-PBE or lmBJ without SOC?
>     If yes,
>      >> have you tried to start the lmBJ-SOC calculation by using the
>     electron
>      >> density (case.clmsum) and kinetic-energy density (case.tausum)
>     obtained
>      >> from such a previous calculation that converged?
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> On 22.07.2023 05:47, Burhan Ahmed wrote:
>      >>> Dear experts, I am doing an scf calculation taking lmbj
>     potential. My
>      >>> system is a slab of 6ql with a vacuum of 40 ang along c-axix.
>     Whenever
>      >>> I try to run the scf calculation including SOC, after 999 iteration
>      >>> the scf is still not converged. I have analyzed the scf file,
>     it shows
>      >>> the fluctuating nature. At first the selected Rmt was 2.5 then I
>      >>> reduces it to 2.34 and again convergence failed after 999 cycle. I
>      >>> have included -hdlo and -lvns 8 switch in init_lapw as it shows
>     heavy
>      >>> atom. I am attaching the case.struct file. Hoping for any
>      >>> suggestion/solution.
>      >>>
>      >>> Regards
>      >>>
>      >>> Burhan Ahmed
>      >>>
>      >>> Research Scholar, AUS
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