exercises:common:sgcp
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In this exercise, you will perform ab initio molecular dynamics using Second Generation Car-Parrinello (SGCP) molecular dynamics.
Please cite Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 066401 , if you use this method.
Published work using SGCP method:
J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 42, 24068–24076
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 9, 3724–3730
Introduction
Second Generation CPMD (2ndG CPMD) is a molecular dynamics method that combines the efficiency of Car-Parrinello MD (CPMD) with the accuracy of Born-Oppenheimer MD (BOMD). It avoids fully self-consistent field (SCF) optimizations at each time step while enabling larger integration steps and maintaining accuracy close to BOMD.
| Feature | CPMD | BOMD | SGCP |
| SCF at each step | No | Yes | No (predictor-corrector) |
| Time step | Small (~0.1 fs) | Large (~1 fs) | Large (~1–2 fs) |
| Conserved quantity preservation | Excellent | Reasonable | Excellent |
| On Born-Oppenheimer surface | Slightly above | Yes | Very close |
| Works for small-gap systems | Poor | Good | Good |
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