====== Dimer method to calculate saddle point ====== H diffusion in a frozen Ir lattice ===== Input files ===== atom.config 5 LATTICE 3.84347853 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 3.84347853 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 3.84347853 POSITION 77 0.12500000 0.12500000 0.12500000 0 0 0 77 0.12500937 0.63473653 0.63473930 1 1 1 77 0.63473766 0.12500788 0.63474031 1 1 1 77 0.63473926 0.63473848 0.12501068 1 1 1 1 0.47985749 0.47985229 0.47985339 1 1 1 DIMER_DIR_N 77 0.000000000000000 0.000000000000000 0.000000000000000 #element number, fractional coordinates of direction 77 -0.012059410733252 -0.012827111941020 -0.008025300664088 77 -0.013847872075022 -0.009967273033432 -0.007927057981427 77 -0.013434331335085 -0.012626295573776 -0.003144488942515 1 0.071022910801012 0.074799719412651 0.085081889050619 DIMER_DIR_N: specifies the initial direction along the dimer. etot.input 1 4 JOB = DIMER IN.ATOM = atom.config IN.PSP1 = Ir.SG15.PBE.UPF IN.PSP2 = H.SG15.PBE.UPF ECUT = 50 ECUT2 = 200 MP_N123 = 5 5 5 0 0 0 3 E_ERROR = 0.0 FERMIDE = 0.2 JOB = DIMER: specifies a calculation of dimer method. Ir.SG15.PBE.UPF, H.SG15.PBE.UPF ===== Calculations ===== - You can submit PWmat tasks in different ways: mpirun -np 4 PWmat | tee output Run the command directly #!/bin/bash #PBS -N SCF #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=4 #PBS -q batch #PBS -l walltime=100:00:00 ulimit -s unlimited cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR mpirun -np 4 PWmat | tee output Submit the task with a pbs script - For DIMER calculation, the final configuration is writen in final.config, the configurations of each translation step ore in MOVEMENT. Another file DIMERSTEPS can be used to check the convergency, dates in DIMERSTEPS: STEP FORCE FORCE/dR ENERGY CURVATURE ANGLE NSTEPS DISTANCE MAX(eV/Ang) ROT(eV/Ang^2) (eV) ROT ROT TRANS 1 0.97540 3.24074 -11578.64674 -0.04126 0.04787 1 0.10000 2 0.33231 1.08127 -11578.67713 -0.03043 0.03043 1 -0.07131 3 0.40229 1.16503 -11578.67639 -0.02366 0.01931 1 0.02685 4 0.19611 0.94741 -11578.68556 -0.02616 0.01533 1 0.10000 5 0.19684 0.70913 -11578.68577 -0.02493 0.01250 1 -0.00189 6 0.21610 1.98167 -11578.68433 -0.02524 0.02234 1 0.10000 7 0.15590 1.31524 -11578.68344 -0.02669 0.01483 1 0.03999 8 0.27853 1.01864 -11578.68047 -0.02487 0.01141 1 0.04234 9 0.07919 0.72661 -11578.68151 -0.02434 0.01165 1 0.02893 10 0.07897 0.88689 -11578.68147 -0.02679 0.01048 1 0.00062 11 0.08531 0.57502 -11578.68097 -0.02615 0.00763 1 0.01706 12 0.02929 1.68360 -11578.68063 -0.02664 0.02057 1 0.03746 * - STEP: the index of current transition step. - FORCE MAX: the maximum of current transition step, unit $$eV/\text{\AA}$$. - FORCE ROT/dR: the rotational force / dimer_dR, unit $$eV/\text{\AA}^2$$. - ENERGY: the energy of the dimer center, unit eV. - CURVATURE: the curvature along the dimer. - ANGLE ROT: the number of rotated in rotational steps, unit rad. - NSTEPS ROT: the number of rotational steps in current transiton step. - DISTANCE TRANS: the step size of current transition step, unit Bohr.