Hi Dear User
I want to calculate nanoparticle properties of ZnO with siesta. but SCF does 
not converge.for more discription my fdf is below.
why SCF does not converge?
Best Regards.
Mahshid


SystemLabel      ZnO
NumberOfAtoms    72
NumberOfSpecies  2

%block ChemicalSpeciesLabel
    1   30  Zn
    2    8  O
%endblock ChemicalSpeciesLabel

AtomicCoordinatesFormat  Ang
LatticeConstant 1.0 Ang

%block LatticeVectors
   31.3564842311  -18.1036746116    0.0000000000
    0.0000000000   32.9578494821    0.0000000000
    0.0000000000    0.0000000000   42.0795501907
%endblock LatticeVectors


%block AtomicCoordinatesAndAtomicSpecies
       0.9380499213     1.6247499145     0.0000000000   1
       3.7521990571     0.0000001529     0.0000000000   1
       6.5663485067    -1.6247497890     0.0000000000   1
       0.9380499213     4.8742495179     0.0000000000   1
       3.7521990571     3.2494997564     0.0000000000   1
       6.5663485067     1.6247498144     0.0000000000   1
       0.9380499213     1.6247499145     5.2068999762   1
       3.7521990571     0.0000001529     5.2068999762   1
       6.5663485067    -1.6247497890     5.2068999762   1
       0.9380499213     4.8742495179     5.2068999762   1
       3.7521990571     3.2494997564     5.2068999762   1
       6.5663485067     1.6247498144     5.2068999762   1
       0.9380499213     1.6247499145    10.4137999520   1
       3.7521990571     0.0000001529    10.4137999520   1
       6.5663485067    -1.6247497890    10.4137999520   1
       0.9380499213     4.8742495179    10.4137999520   1
       3.7521990571     3.2494997564    10.4137999520   1
       6.5663485067     1.6247498144    10.4137999520   1
       1.8760995283     0.0000000767     2.6034499879   1
       4.6902489779    -1.6247498658     2.6034499879   1
       7.5043981142    -3.2494996268     2.6034499879   1
       1.8760995283     3.2494996802     2.6034499879   1
       4.6902489779     1.6247497377     2.6034499879   1
       7.5043981142    -0.0000000233     2.6034499879   1
       1.8760995283     0.0000000767     7.8103499641   1
       4.6902489779    -1.6247498658     7.8103499641   1
       7.5043981142    -3.2494996268     7.8103499641   1
       1.8760995283     3.2494996802     7.8103499641   1
       4.6902489779     1.6247497377     7.8103499641   1
       7.5043981142    -0.0000000233     7.8103499641   1
       1.8760995283     0.0000000767    13.0172503611   1
       4.6902489779    -1.6247498658    13.0172503611   1
       7.5043981142    -3.2494996268    13.0172503611   1
       1.8760995283     3.2494996802    13.0172503611   1
       4.6902489779     1.6247497377    13.0172503611   1
       7.5043981142    -0.0000000233    13.0172503611   1
       0.9380499213     1.6247499145     1.9786221088   2
       3.7521990571     0.0000001529     1.9786221088   2
       6.5663485067    -1.6247497890     1.9786221088   2
       0.9380499213     4.8742495179     1.9786221088   2
       3.7521990571     3.2494997564     1.9786221088   2
       6.5663485067     1.6247498144     1.9786221088   2
       0.9380499213     1.6247499145     7.1855220845   2
       3.7521990571     0.0000001529     7.1855220845   2
       6.5663485067    -1.6247497890     7.1855220845   2
       0.9380499213     4.8742495179     7.1855220845   2
       3.7521990571     3.2494997564     7.1855220845   2
       6.5663485067     1.6247498144     7.1855220845   2
       0.9380499213     1.6247499145    12.3924220608   2
       3.7521990571     0.0000001529    12.3924220608   2
       6.5663485067    -1.6247497890    12.3924220608   2
       0.9380499213     4.8742495179    12.3924220608   2
       3.7521990571     3.2494997564    12.3924220608   2
       6.5663485067     1.6247498144    12.3924220608   2
       1.8760995283     0.0000000767     4.5820720967   2
       4.6902489779    -1.6247498658     4.5820720967   2
       7.5043981142    -3.2494996268     4.5820720967   2
       1.8760995283     3.2494996802     4.5820720967   2
       4.6902489779     1.6247497377     4.5820720967   2
       7.5043981142    -0.0000000233     4.5820720967   2
       1.8760995283     0.0000000767     9.7889720729   2
       4.6902489779    -1.6247498658     9.7889720729   2
       7.5043981142    -3.2494996268     9.7889720729   2
       1.8760995283     3.2494996802     9.7889720729   2
       4.6902489779     1.6247497377     9.7889720729   2
       7.5043981142    -0.0000000233     9.7889720729   2
       1.8760995283     0.0000000767    14.9958720487   2
       4.6902489779    -1.6247498658    14.9958720487   2
       7.5043981142    -3.2494996268    14.9958720487   2
       1.8760995283     3.2494996802    14.9958720487   2
       4.6902489779     1.6247497377    14.9958720487   2
       7.5043981142    -0.0000000233    14.9958720487   2
%endblock AtomicCoordinatesAndAtomicSpecies

MeshCutoff           150 Ry 
Kgrid_Cutoff         10. Ang   
PAO.BasisSize        DZP

MaxSCFIterations      500
DM.Tolerance          0.1000000000E-02
DM.NumberPulay        8
DM.MixingWeight       0.3
XC.authors            PBE       
XC.functional         GGA
ElectronicTemperature  30.0 meV 
SolutionMethod        diagon        # OrderN or Diagon

LongOutput            .true.
MD.UseSaveXV          .true.
SaveRho               .true.

WriteEigenvalues      .true.

%block ProjectedDensityOfStates
   -30.00 30.00 0.020 500 eV
%endblock ProjectedDensityOfStates




      

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