<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear wien2k users,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> I have a fundamental question regarding structure optimization. Say, we optimize structure of a system by two following paths:</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(A) We first optimize volume and lattice parameters & after that the optimized structure is used as input for force optimization. Finally, we achieve a optimized structure with very less force associated with each atom.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(B) We optimize lattice parameter and force/atom simultaneously (by using MSR1a - which is tediously time consuming and some times never ending.... as we have seen from our experience). Also in this path we have achieved a structure with very less force (comparable to Path A) associated with it.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hence, we can have two solutions of optimized structure along two different path. Now, which one is ground state solutions (probably through Path B) can be known by comparing energy corresponding to both solutions. </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Now, probably Path A will bring the actual minima while Path B will bring a "false" minima.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Now, my question is</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
As the electronic structure of a system depends very much on the strain of atomic bonds and as both structures have very less and comparable force associated with each atoms, can the electronic structure obtained from Path B be a close approximation of that obtained with Path A?...</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(I am asking this question as Path B is so much tedious and time consuming...that it is difficult to go through Path B in real time scale for a large system) </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Also, if any reference regarding the relations between geometric and electronic structure are available kindly let me know the same.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thanks in advance,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
with regards,</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Shamik Chakrabarti<br>Senior Research Fellow<br>Dept. of Physics & Meteorology<br>Material Processing & Solid State Ionics Lab<br>IIT Kharagpur<br>Kharagpur 721302<br>INDIA
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