<div dir="ltr">I have used rev-vdW-DF2 as nlvdw Exc<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 7 May 2024 at 17:57, shamik chakrabarti <<a href="mailto:shamik15041981@gmail.com">shamik15041981@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Wien2k users,</div><div><br></div><div> I am trying to simulate LiNiO2. I have achieved volume optimization & c/a optimization so far, however not able to achieve the coordinate convergence by using,</div><div>runsp_lapw -orb -fc 1.0 -ec 0.0001 -cc 0.0001 -min. I can list the possible causes of non convergence as below;</div><div>(1) Structure is wrong: I think the structure is correct as both the unit cell structure used earlier and <br></div><div>experimental XRD matches well as can be seen by using Vesta.</div><div>(2) Wrong Exc or GGA+U: I have used GGA+U with U=2.45 eV for Ni+3 using the reported value of U in earlier calculations. As it is a layered structure, I have also tried,</div><div>runsp_lapw -orb -nlvdw -fc 1.0 -ec 0.0001 -cc 0.0001 -min, however both GGA+U & nlvdw+GGA+U failed to converge.</div><div>(3) No. of K-points: I have used 280 k-points per unit cell contains 4 atoms/unit cell.</div><div><br></div><div>The calculations are still running & reached upto 100 iterations without any sign of convergence. I have tried to converge before adding -min to the script by using runsp_lapw -orb -ec 0.0001 -cc 0.0001 for 400 iterations. However the simulation do not converge. I am sending the struct file for your concern.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to listen from you.</div><div><br></div><div>with regards,<br></div><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Dr. Shamik Chakrabarti</div><div style="font-size:small">Research Fellow </div><div style="font-size:small">Department of Physics</div><div style="font-size:small">Indian Institute of Technology Patna</div><div style="font-size:small">Bihta-801103</div><div style="font-size:small">Patna</div><div style="font-size:small">Bihar, India</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Dr. Shamik Chakrabarti</div><div style="font-size:small">Research Fellow </div><div style="font-size:small">Department of Physics</div><div style="font-size:small">Indian Institute of Technology Patna</div><div style="font-size:small">Bihta-801103</div><div style="font-size:small">Patna</div><div style="font-size:small">Bihar, India</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>