units metal atom_style atomic atom_modify map array sort 0 0.0 neigh_modify every 2 delay 10 check yes page 1000000 one 100000 ## read in path data using fix property/atom- here 4th image of a NEB fix pa all property/atom d_nx d_ny d_nz d_dnx d_dny d_dnz d_ddnx d_ddny d_ddnz read_data pafipath.4.data fix pa NULL PafiPath ## EAM potential pair_style eam/fs pair_coeff * * ../../../../potentials/Fe_mm.eam.fs Fe mass * 55.85 thermo 100 min_style fire compute pe all pe variable pe equal pe run 0 print "energy=${pe}" ## compute property/atom to access relevant fields compute pa all property/atom d_nx d_ny d_nz d_dnx d_dny d_dnz d_ddnx d_ddny d_ddnz run 0 ## fix name group-id pafi compute-id temperature tdamp seed overdamped 0/1 com 0/1 fix hp all pafi pa 500.0 0.01 434 overdamped no com yes run 0 minimize 0 0 1000 1000 # best if using NEB path compute dx all displace/atom compute dmag all reduce max c_dx[4] variable maxjump equal sqrt(c_dmag) thermo_style custom step pe temp v_maxjump variable dn equal f_hp[4]*f_hp[4] # should be zero to float precision fix af all ave/time 1 1000 1000 f_hp[1] f_hp[2] f_hp[3] v_dn variable adn equal sqrt(f_af[4]) # should be very small (approx. 1e-6 A) variable apf equal f_af[1] run 1000 minimize 0 0 1000 1000 variable s_pe equal ${pe} variable s_apf equal ${apf} variable s_adn equal ${adn} variable s_maxjump equal ${maxjump} unfix hp unfix pa unfix af minimize 0 0 1000 1000 print """ ---------- PAFI RESULTS -------- During run: Average Distance From Hyperplane = ${s_adn}A (Should be very small, around 1e-5A), Average Force Projection Along MFEP = ${s_apf} eV/A """ print """ In-plane minimization post-run: energy = ${s_pe} eV """ if "${s_maxjump} > 0.1" then & "print 'Max Atomic Displacement = ${s_maxjump}A > 0.1A'" & "print ' => Possible shallow in-plane metastability: Reduce time in basin and/or decrease tdamp'" & else & "print 'Max Atomic Displacement = ${s_maxjump}A < 0.1A => No in-plane jumps'" print """ Full minimization after removal of PAFI fixes: energy = ${pe} eV ----- END PAFI ---- """