Forces are not minimized even after many steps during CINEB calculation

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dhossain
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Forces are not minimized even after many steps during CINEB calculation

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Dear Prof. Graeme,
I am having problem with CI-NEB calculation for my system. I am using VASPsol method and with extra 0.5 NELECT in the system. I did minimization with the same system in case of Initial and Final structure. I tried different optimizer (IOPT= 2, 3 ,7) But none of them are able to converge CI-NEB calculation even after 5 days. So, Could you please have a look on my files and suggest me what should i do for this? Thanks for your attention.
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Re: Forces are not minimized even after many steps during CINEB calculation

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In the attached, I've used some cheaper computational settings, which I recommend for saddle point calculations. I also froze one atom to get rid of zero modes. Then, a conservative optimizer with a sufficient number of images appears to result in a NEB calculation that is systematically converging.
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Re: Forces are not minimized even after many steps during CINEB calculation

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Thank you so much Prof.
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