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# Nudged Elastic Band (NEB) method
## Nudged Elastic Band (NEB) method

### Overview

The NEB module is an implementation of the nudged elastic band (NEB)
method of Jonsson et al., and it is one of two drivers in NWChem that
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`jobname.neb_epath` and the current geometries are appended to the
file `jobname.nebpath_"current iteration".xyz`.

## Setting up initial path
### Setting up initial path

There are three different ways to define the initial path for NEB
optimization.
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H 0.000000 -0.550469 -0.754065
--------------- path.xyz ------------------
```
## Convergence criteria
### Convergence criteria

The defaults may be used, or the directives LOOSE, DEFAULT, or TIGHT
specified to use standard sets of values, or the individual criteria
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| XMAX | 0.0054d0 | 0.00180 | 0.00006 |
| XRMS | 0.0036d0 | 0.00120 | 0.00004 |

## NEB Tutorial 1: H2O Inversion
### NEB Tutorial 1: H2O Inversion

(input:[h2o-neb.nw](h2o-neb.nw),
output:[h2o-neb.nwout](h2o-neb.nwout), datafiles:
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@neb 14 -75.961405 -75.922286 -75.973966 -75.921927 0.03549 0.00079 0.00244 0.03857 11860.0
@neb NEB calculation converged
```
# Zero Temperature String Method
## Zero Temperature String Method

### Overview

The STRING module is an implementation of the zero temperature string
method of vanden Eijden et al., and it is one of two drivers in NWChem
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`jobname.neb_epath` and the current geometries are appended to the
file `jobname.nebpath _"current iteration".xyz`

## Setting up the initial path
### Setting up the initial path

There are three different ways to define the initial path for NEB
optimization.
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END
...
```
## String Tutorial 1:HCN --\> HNC path optimization

### String Tutorial 1:HCN --\> HNC path optimization

(input:[HCN-string1.nw](HCN-string1.nw),
output:[HCN-string1.nwout](HCN-string1.nwout),
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[400px](hcn-hnc-dft0.png)


## String Tutorial 2:
### String Tutorial 2:
```
Title "2SiO4H4 --> H3O3Si-O-SiO3H3 + H2O"
echo
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end
task pspw string ignore
```
## String Tutorial 3: Combining NEB and String path optimizations
### String Tutorial 3: Combining NEB and String path optimizations

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