PS. Otherwise you may change the nitrogen PP and use an US/PAW one with a lower suggested cutoff. I've used with satisfaction the SSSP efficiency one with a cutoff of 60/480 Ry
Best
G.

Quoting Federico Verdicchio <[email protected]>:

Dear all
I am attempting to simulate the adsorption of an N₂ molecule on a Na(100)
slab using QE. In my input file, I’m using a 12-layer Na 2x2 supercell with
a 15 Å vacuum gap. I have kept the interlayers fixed, allowing only the top
3 surface layers on both ends to relax, with an N₂ molecule on each surface
oriented perpendicular to the slab.

Additionally, I am using:

   - The DFT-D3 van der Waals correction
   - assume_isolated=2D to truncate interactions along the z-axis
   - nspin=2 to allow for unconstrained polarization

The calculation has not yet converged, but it appears to be resulting in a
shortening of the N≡N bond, which is the opposite of what I expected.

Am I missing something here?

Thank you for any suggestions!

Sincerely,
Federico

Input file:
&CONTROL
  calculation = 'relax'
  etot_conv_thr =   1.0000000000d-04
  forc_conv_thr =   1.0000000000d-03
  outdir        = ""
  prefix        = ""
  pseudo_dir    = "./SSSP_precision_pseudos"
  verbosity = 'low'
  restart_mode='from_scratch'
 /

&SYSTEM
  ibrav = 0
  A =    8.30638
  nat = 52
  ntyp = 2
  ecutrho = 385 ! *11
  ecutwfc = 35
  occupations = 'smearing'
  smearing = 'gaussian'
  degauss =   0.01
  assume_isolated = '2D'
  vdw_corr = 'dft-d3'
  nspin = 2
  starting_magnetization(1)= 0 ! Na
  starting_magnetization(2)= 0.1 ! N
/

&ELECTRONS
  conv_thr =   1.0000000000d-6   ! Default
  electron_maxstep = 200
  mixing_beta =   4.0000000000d-01
/

&IONS
  ion_dynamics = 'bfgs'
/

CELL_PARAMETERS {alat}
  1.000000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.000000000000000
  0.000000000000000   1.000000000000000   0.000000000000000
  0.000000000000000   0.000000000000000   4.683585508970213
ATOMIC_SPECIES
  Na   22.98900  Na.paw.z_9.ld1.psl.v1.0.0-low.upf
   N   14.00650   N.oncvpsp.upf
ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
Na   0.000000000000000   0.000000000000000  -0.000032000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.000000000000000   0.500000000000000  -0.000032000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.500000000000000   0.000000000000000  -0.000032000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.500000000000000   0.500000000000000  -0.000032000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.000000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.106684000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.000000000000000   0.500000000000000   0.106684000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.500000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.106684000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.500000000000000   0.500000000000000   0.106684000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.000000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.213377000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.000000000000000   0.500000000000000   0.213377000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.500000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.213377000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.500000000000000   0.500000000000000   0.213377000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.000000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.320068000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.000000000000000   0.500000000000000   0.320068000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.500000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.320068000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.500000000000000   0.500000000000000   0.320068000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.000000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.426760000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.000000000000000   0.500000000000000   0.426760000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.500000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.426760000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.500000000000000   0.500000000000000   0.426760000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.000000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.533446000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.000000000000000   0.500000000000000   0.533446000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.500000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.533446000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.500000000000000   0.500000000000000   0.533446000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.250000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.053371000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.250000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.053371000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.750000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.053371000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.750000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.053371000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.250000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.160012000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.250000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.160012000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.750000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.160012000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.750000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.160012000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.250000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.266740000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.250000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.266740000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.750000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.266740000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.750000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.266740000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.250000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.373399000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.250000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.373399000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.750000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.373399000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.750000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.373399000000000 0 0 0
Na   0.250000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.480132000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.250000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.480132000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.750000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.480132000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.750000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.480132000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.250000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.586794000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.250000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.586794000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.750000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.586794000000000 1 1 1
Na   0.750000000000000   0.750000000000000   0.586794000000000 1 1 1
 N   0.500000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.638203000000000 1 1 1
 N   0.500000000000000   0.250000000000000   0.667799000000000 1 1 1
 N   0.250000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.948559000000000 1 1 1
 N   0.250000000000000   0.000000000000000   0.918963000000000 1 1 1
K_POINTS automatic
7 7 1 0 0 0


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*Federico Verdicchio *
*Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences*
*School of Science and Technology - Chemistry Division*
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*62032 Camerino (MC)*
*Italy*
*Phone: +39 334 2758061*

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