H2O vibration: Difference between revisions

From VASP Wiki
No edit summary
Line 15: Line 15:
*KPOINTS
*KPOINTS
  Gamma-point only
  Gamma-point only
   1        ! one k-point
   0
  rec      ! in units of the reciprocal lattice vector
  Monkhorst Pack
   0 0 0 1  ! 3 coordinates and weight
  1 1 1
   0 0 0


*POSCAR
*POSCAR

Revision as of 14:56, 23 August 2016

  • INCAR
SYSTEM = H2O vibration
PREC = A
# IBRION = 1 ; NSW = 10 ; NFREE = 2 ; EDIFFG = -1E-4
ENMAX = 400
ISMEAR = 0    # Gaussian smearing
IBRION = 6    # finite differences with symmetry
NFREE = 2     # central differences (default)
POTIM = 0.015 # default as well
EDIFF = 1E-8 
NSW = 1       # ionic steps > 0
  • KPOINTS
Gamma-point only
 0
Monkhorst Pack
 1 1 1
 0 0 0
  • POSCAR
H2O _2                                                                          
1.0000000
  8.0000000   0.0000000   0.0000000
  0.0000000   8.0000000   0.0000000
  0.0000000   0.0000000   8.0000000
   1    2
cart
  0.0000000   0.0000000   0.0000000
  0.5960812  -0.7677068   0.0000000
  0.5960812   0.7677068   0.0000000

How many zero frequency modes should be observed and why? Try to use the linear response code (IBRION=8 and EDIFF=1E-8) to obtain reference results. For finite differences, are the results sensitive to the step width POTIM. In this specific case, the drift in the forces is too large to obtain the zero frequency modes "exactly", and it is simplest to increase the cutoff ENCUT to 800 eV. The important and physically meaningful frequencies are, however, insensitive to the choice of the cutoff.

Download

H2Ovib.tgz


To the list of examples or to the main page