[DFTB-Plus-User] Missing child: SlaterKosterfiles while running modes.

siddheshwar chopra sidhusai at gmail.com
Wed May 2 05:18:36 CEST 2018


Dear Ben,
The problem got resolved. I am getting the following output:

Starting main program

 Vibrational modes (cm-1):
    1   -2.84
    2   -2.27
    3   -0.75
    4    0.17
    5    2.19
    6    2.76
    7   92.98
    8  159.06
    9  172.02
   10  206.03
   11  212.67
   12  238.43
   13  263.05
   14  268.24
   15  288.72
   16  312.09
   17  318.30
   18  324.91
   19  330.38
   20  347.47
   21  353.87
   22  371.46
   23  378.53
   24  407.17
   25  411.95
   26  437.17
   27  462.13
   28  477.75
   29  493.00
   30  516.22
   31  517.03
   32  551.93
   33  568.20
   34  577.25
   35  748.82
   36  765.21
   37  771.87
   38  807.52
   39  836.36
   40  882.00
   41  887.33
   42  936.17
   43  953.64
   44 1006.71
   45 1017.38
   46 1049.42
   47 1153.61
   48 1163.53
   49 1182.05
   50 1213.35
   51 1236.51
   52 1356.88
   53 1432.75
   54 1470.20
   55 1490.61
   56 1511.93
   57 1557.60
   58 1575.75
   59 1576.99
   60 1626.38

 Writing eigenmodes to vibrations.tag
 Plotting eigenmodes:
           1           2           3           4           5
6           7           8           9          10          11
12          13          14          15          16          17
18          19          20          21          22          23
24          25          26          27          28          29
30          31          32          33          34          35
36          37          38          39          40          41
42          43          44          45          46          47
48          49          50          51          52          53
54          55          56          57          58          59          60

Are these :     1   -2.842   2  -2.273   and 3  -0.75, the imaginary
frequencies? What do you suggest to get rid of them?
I got 60 mode files produced by "modes". How do I visualize them Sir?

Regards,

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 7:08 AM, siddheshwar chopra <sidhusai at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Ben,
> I am glad to know about the solution to this.
> Thank you so much. I will report back on this.
>
> Regards,
>
> On Wed 2 May, 2018 5:55 am Ben Hourahine, <benjamin.hourahine at strath.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Siddheshwar,
>>
>> The modes_in.hsd file has some errors, Try:
>>
>>
>> Geometry= Genformat {ATOM COORDS...}
>>
>> SlaterKosterFiles = Type2FileNames {
>>     Prefix = "./"
>>     Separator = "-"
>>     Suffix = ".skf"
>>     LowerCaseTypeName = No
>> }
>>
>> Hessian {
>>     <<< "hessian.out"
>> }
>>
>> DisplayModes{
>>     PlotModes= 1:-1
>>     Animate= Yes
>>     XMakeMol= Yes
>> }
>>
>>
>> The Hamiltonian and the angular momentum is only relevant to DFTB+ (and
>> was being ignored, so removing the SK block for modes).
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> On 01/05/18 14:34, siddheshwar chopra wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>> Anybody faced the same issue? I am unable to run "modes" due to this
>> error. The "dftb+" is however running very well and picking up the .skf
>> file easily (in the same location). Is it a bug or what?
>> Any help please.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 9:00 AM, siddheshwar chopra <sidhusai at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Sir,
>>> I am trying to run "modes" using modes_in.hsd. But I am getting the
>>> following error:  The SK file is in the same location as that of the
>>> modes_in.hsd file.
>>>
>>> modes modes_in.hsd
>>> ============================================================
>>> ====================
>>>      MODES  0.01
>>> ============================================================
>>> ====================
>>>
>>> Interpreting input file 'modes_in.hsd'
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --------------------
>>> ERROR!
>>> -> Missing child: SlaterKosterFiles
>>> Path: modes
>>> #################################################
>>>
>>> Input file:
>>>
>>> Geometry= Genformat {ATOM COORDS...}
>>> Hamiltonian = DFTB {       # DFTB Hamiltonian
>>> SCC = Yes                  # Use self consistent charges
>>> SlaterKosterFiles = Type2FileNames {
>>> Prefix = "./"
>>> Separator = "-"
>>> Suffix = ".skf"
>>> LowerCaseTypeName = No
>>> }
>>>
>>> Hessian {
>>> <<< "hessian.out"
>>> }
>>> DisplayModes{
>>> PlotModes= 1:-1
>>> Animate= Yes
>>> XMakeMol= Yes
>>> }
>>>
>>> MaxAngularMomentum {       # Maximal l-value of the various species
>>> B = "p"
>>> }
>>> }
>>> ParserOptions {
>>> ParserVersion = 5
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 8:58 AM, siddheshwar chopra <sidhusai at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>> I am trying to run "modes" using modes_in.hsd. But I am getting the
>>>> following error:  The SK file is in the same location as that of the
>>>> modes_in.hsd file.
>>>>
>>>> modes modes_in.hsd
>>>> ============================================================
>>>> ====================
>>>>      MODES  0.01
>>>> ============================================================
>>>> ====================
>>>>
>>>> Interpreting input file 'modes_in.hsd'
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> --------------------
>>>> ERROR!
>>>> -> Missing child: SlaterKosterFiles
>>>> Path: modes
>>>> #################################################
>>>>
>>>> Input file:
>>>>
>>>> Geometry= Genformat {ATOM COORDS...}
>>>> Hamiltonian = DFTB {       # DFTB Hamiltonian
>>>> SCC = Yes                  # Use self consistent charges
>>>> SlaterKosterFiles = Type2FileNames {
>>>> Prefix = "./"
>>>> Separator = "-"
>>>> Suffix = ".skf"
>>>> LowerCaseTypeName = No
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Hessian {
>>>> <<< "hessian.out"
>>>> }
>>>> DisplayModes{
>>>> PlotModes= 1:-1
>>>> Animate= Yes
>>>> XMakeMol= Yes
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> MaxAngularMomentum {       # Maximal l-value of the various species
>>>> B = "p"
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> ParserOptions {
>>>> ParserVersion = 5
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Dr. Siddheshwar chopra,*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *M.Sc., Ph.D (Physics) Assistant Professor (Physics), *
>>>> *Amity University, Noida, India.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Dr. Siddheshwar chopra,*
>>>
>>>
>>> *M.Sc., Ph.D (Physics) Assistant Professor (Physics), *
>>> *Amity University, Noida, India.*
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Dr. Siddheshwar chopra,*
>>
>>
>> *M.Sc., Ph.D (Physics) Assistant Professor (Physics), *
>> *Amity University, Noida, India.*
>>
>>
>>
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-- 
*Dr. Siddheshwar chopra,*


*M.Sc., Ph.D (Physics)Assistant Professor (Physics),*
*Amity University, Noida, India.*
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