Depending upon which version is used the center of mass fixing may be inactive when atoms are fixed, which is why I asked about that. Plus the other questions, as some of the procedure used does not seem right.
___ Emeritus Professor Laurence Marks (Laurie) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University www.numis.northwestern.edu "Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought" Albert Szent-Györgyi On Wed, May 7, 2025, 03:36 Peter Blaha <peter.bl...@tuwien.ac.at> wrote: > mixer tries to keep the center of mass constant (to avoid that all atoms > move in some direction, although their distances are in equilibrium). > > At the moment, you cannot switch this off, although it would make sense > if an atom is constrained in a certain direction (Laurie: I know, you > don't like these constraint positions, but it might be a valuable > modification to use the center of mass in a certain direction only if no > positions are constrained). > > In general I would NOT recommend to fix only one side of the slab, at > least not if you have mirror symmetry along z. You have then a > calculation with a relaxed and an unrelaxed surface ! > > What makes sense, is to fix the middle layers of a slab.... > > Am 07.05.2025 um 10:21 schrieb Hadjer MEZIANI via Wien: > > Dear wien2k users, > > I am performing geometry minimization (MSR1a) of the TiO₂ surface to > > relax the top layer while keeping the bottom layers fixed, using > > WIEN2k_24.1. I followed these steps: > > 1-Generate struct > > 2- init-lapw > > 3-mini.positions(w2web) and i edit case.inM after that i run pairhase; > > copy .minpair to .minrestart and delete .min_hess. > > 4- run scf with activate optimize positions(MSR1a) with -fc 20. > > I constrained the atoms in the bottom layers by setting `delta=0`, but > > these atoms are still displaced during the minimization. > > > > .inM file in the following way: > > PORT 2.00 0.35 2.00 # PORT/NEWT; tolf, Initial Trust Radius, tolfa > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 1 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 2 Generated by pairhess > > 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 #Atom 3 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 4 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 5 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 6 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 7 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 8 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 9 Generated by pairhess > > 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 #Atom 10 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 11 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 12 Generated by pairhess > > 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 #Atom 13 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 14 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 15 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 16 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 17 Generated by pairhess > > 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 #Atom 18 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 19 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 20 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 21 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 22 Generated by pairhess > > 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 #Atom 23 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 24 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 25 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 26 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 27 Generated by pairhess > > 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 #Atom 28 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 29 Generated by pairhess > > 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 #Atom 30 Generated by pairhess > > For example, atom 1 has changed position even though it was fixed in > > `.inM`. See output: > > --- atom dependend parameter POS ----------- > > in 1 files: > > :POS001: ATOM -1 X,Y,Z = 0.50000 0.00000 0.04398 MULT= 1 ZZ= 22.000 > Ti > > :POS001: ATOM -1 X,Y,Z = 0.50000 1.00000 0.04397 MULT= 1 ZZ= 22.000 > Ti > > :POS001: ATOM -1 X,Y,Z = 0.50000 1.00000 0.04396 MULT= 1 ZZ= 22.000 > Ti > > :POS001: ATOM -1 X,Y,Z = 0.50000 1.00000 0.04389 MULT= 1 ZZ= 22.000 > Ti > > :POS001: ATOM -1 X,Y,Z = 0.50000 0.00000 0.04382 MULT= 1 ZZ= 22.000 > Ti > > :POS001: ATOM -1 X,Y,Z = 0.50000-0.00000 0.04337 MULT= 1 ZZ= 22.000 > Ti > > ...... > > My question is: how can i keep positions of these atoms unchanged during > > structure minimzation! > > Any suggesting are highly welcome > > Thank you in advence > > M. Hadjer > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wien mailing list > > Wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at > > http://zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/wien > > SEARCH the MAILING-LIST at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/index.html > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Blaha, Inst. f. Materials Chemistry, TU Vienna, A-1060 Vienna > Phone: +43-158801165300 > Email: peter.bl...@tuwien.ac.at > WWW: http://www.imc.tuwien.ac.at WIEN2k: http://www.wien2k.at > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Wien mailing list > Wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at > http://zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/wien > SEARCH the MAILING-LIST at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/index.html >
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