[ase-users] Z-matrix format optimization

Glen Jenness glenjenness at gmail.com
Fri Sep 14 17:14:54 CEST 2012


VASP does not support Z-matrix.  However, SIESTA does support Z-matrices
(and it's free!), however I am not sure if you can do the kind of
constrained minimization that you're looking for with SIESTA.

Glen

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:27 AM, Marcin Dulak <Marcin.Dulak at fysik.dtu.dk>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> ASE does not support Z-matrix, i'm not sure if vasp does.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marcin
>
> On 09/14/12 03:36, Huang Bing wrote:
> > Hi, all
> > Can one optimize structures in Z-matrix format using vasp?
> > Sometimes, XYZ constraints is far to enough such as in the
> > case of O2/Cu(111) with the distance of the center of mass
> > of O2 relative to Cu(111) fixed, relaxing only the other degrees
> > of freedom.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Bing
>
>
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Dr. Glen Jenness
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University of Wisconsin - Madison
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