<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div>Respected Wien2k user,<br><br>This is my first email to the mailing list.<br>I am doing DFT calculations for LiGaTe2. <br><br>As per FAQ of Wien2k for a system having Li, RKmax 4.5 is enough: <a href="http://susi.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/reg_user/faq/rkmax.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://susi.theochem.tuwien.ac .at/reg_user/faq/rkmax.html</a><br>I wanted to optimize this value and performed  optimization for LiGaTe2.<br>I used two different kpoints: 500 and 1000 in FBZ for RKMax optimization and RKmax=7 for k-point optimization.<br><br><br>I
 am worried as the optimized value of RKmax obtained 9-10.5 and RKmax 
k-point optimization curve is not properly conversed and both the 
optimization  parameters, RKmax and k-points are certainly too high.<br><br><br><br>Below are my optimized parameters:<br><br><br>1. At k-points 500:<br><br>***********************<br>============================<br>  rkmax:    |     Etotal:<br>===========|================ <br>        <br>    4.5      -62173.36830033<br>    5.0      -62173.71216556<br>    5.5      -62173.91107680<br>    6.0      -62174.01784370<br>    6.5      -62174.07321427<br>    7.0      -62174.10037058<br>    7.5      -62174.11295891<br>    8.0      -62174.11860895<br>    8.5      -62174.12108970<br>    9.0      -62174.12214200<br>    9.5      -62174.12257779<br>    10.0      -62174.12275904<br>    10.5      -62174.12284153<br>press RETURN to continue<br><br><br><br>   rkmax:      |     d_E:<br>===============|============== ===== <br>#   rKmax    |  d-Energy <br>   5.0         .34386523000000000000  <br>   5.5         .19891124000000000000  <br>   6.0         .10676690000000000000  <br>   6.5         .05537057000000000000  <br>   7.0         .02715631000000000000  <br>   7.5         .01258833000000000000  <br>   8.0         .00565004000000000000  <br>   8.5         .00248075000000000000  <br>   9.0         .00105230000000000000  <br>   9.5         .00043579000000000000  <br>   10.0         .00018125000000000000  <br>   10.5         .00008249000000000000 <br><br><div><br></div><div>2. At kpoints 1000K<br></div><div><br><br>***********************<br>============================<br>  rkmax:    |     Etotal:<br>===========|================ <br>        <br>    4.5      -62173.36682006<br>    5.0      -62173.71256762<br>    5.5      -62173.91087725<br>    6.0      -62174.01776660<br>    6.5      -62174.07338946<br>    7.0      -62174.10035670<br>    7.5      -62174.11295604<br>    8.0      -62174.11860749<br>    8.5      -62174.12108649<br>    9.0      -62174.12213685<br>press RETURN to continue<br><br><br><br>   rkmax:      |     d_E:<br>===============|============== ===== <br>#   rKmax    |  d-Energy <br>   5.0         .34574756000000000000  <br>   5.5         .19830963000000000000  <br>   6.0         .10688935000000000000  <br>   6.5         .05562286000000000000  <br>   7.0         .02696724000000000000  <br>   7.5         .01259934000000000000  <br>   8.0         .00565145000000000000  <br>   8.5         .00247900000000000000  <br>   9.0         .00105036000000000000 <br><br></div><div>3. k-point optimization at RKMax 7<br><br><br>============================<br>  Kpoint:  |     Etotal:<br>===========|================ <br>        <br>    200      -62174.10034523<br>    250      -62174.10038947<br>    350      -62174.10037058<br>    550      -62174.10034257<br>    750      -62174.10038607<br>    1000      -62174.10035670<br>    1350      -62174.10037359<br>    1750      -62174.10037990<br>press RETURN to continue<br><br><br><br>   Kpoint     |     d_E:<br>==============|=============== ==== <br>#   Kpoint    |  d-Energy <br>   250         .00004424000000000000  <br>   350         .00001889000000000000  <br>   550         .00002801000000000000  <br>   750         .00004350000000000000  <br>   1000         .00002937000000000000  <br>   1350         .00001689000000000000  <br>   1750         .00000631000000000000<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sir, could you please help me what is wrong here and what RKmax and k-points I should take for the system LiGaTe2?<br><br><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div>Mr. Shahzad <br></div><div>PhD Scholar<br></div><div>GC University, Lahore<br></div>Pakistan<br></div></div></div></body></html>