# default input parameters for siesta calculations #PAO.BasisType split # split or splitgauss #PAO.BasisSize DZP # basis set PAO.SplitTailNorm .true. # Required for psml as noted in release note (default: false) #XC.functional GGA # Exchange-correlation functional type #XC.authors PBE # Particular parametrization of xc func SpinPolarized .false. # Spin unpolarized calculation # DFT, Grid MeshCutoff 300. Ry # Equivalent planewave cutoff for the grid MaxSCFIterations 200 # Maximum allowed number of SCF iterations per electroinic step SCFMustConverge .false. # continue to opt if fail to converge; Default value: .false. # Kpoints # # Modify kgrid according to the structure # for zeolite we use gamma point only #KgridCutoff 0.0 bohr %block kgridMonkhorstPack # NOTE: the final . is important 2 0 0 0. 0 2 0 0. 0 0 1 0. %endblock kgridMonkhorstPack ElectronicTemperature 500 K # Temp. for Fermi smearing, default is 300 K #SolutionMethod diagon # diagon is more robust; ELSI is more efficient for larger system # Parallelization over k-points the ELSI interface with the ELPA solver, only works for SIESTA compiled with ELSI enabled. # For performance gains, see Fig 7 in doi: 10.1063/5.0005077 Solution.Method ELSI ELSI.Solver ELPA ELSI.ELPA.NSinglePrecision 200 # enable single precision mode, which could substantially save in CPU time DM.Normalization.Tolerance 0.001 # (To avoid too stringent an intermediate check) # SCF loop # SCF.DM.Tolerance 0.0008 # Default value: 10^−4 # SCF parameters for some difficult convergence cases # see manual for details %block SCF.Mixers init final %endblock %block SCF.Mixer.init method pulay weight 0.05 history 30 #restart 10 restart.p 0.05 restart.save 10 # Switch when the relative residual goes below 2% or 20 cycles reached iterations 20 next final next.p 0.02 %endblock # increasing the weight and decreasing the history steps %block SCF.Mixer.final method pulay weight 0.1 history 20 restart 30 %endblock # Output options WriteKpoints .false. WriteEigenvalues .false. WriteKbands .false. WriteBands .false. WriteMDhistory .true. WriteForces .true. # writes the atomic forces to the output file at every step WriteCoorXmol .true. # save final structure in xyz format WriteCoorCerius .true. # save in .xtl format for importing in material studio WriteMDXmol .true. # check .ani file for trajectory # Options for saving/reading information DM.UseSaveDM .true. # read initial guess; Default value: .false. MD.UseSaveXV .false. # Use stored positions and velocities MD.UseSaveCG .false. # Use stored positions and velocities # Molecular dynamics and geometry relaxations MD.TypeOfRun cg # Type of dynamics: CG, Broyden, FIRE or MD MD.VariableCell .false. MD.Steps 0 # single point (0) or opt #MD.NumCGsteps 500 # deprecated in favor of MD.Steps MD.MaxForceTol 0.04 ev/Ang # default value: 0.04 eV/Ang. set ftol to 0 to make sure SIESTA always write final force. MD.MaxDispl 0.2 Bohr # Default value: 0.2 Bohr