<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">The answer is YES, the same way as for an isolated molecule (i.e. using supercells).<DIV>S.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 2, 2006, at 2:37 PM, lan haiping wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>Dear All,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I wanna calculate single nanotube's radial deformation with QE .</DIV> <DIV>But most works i knew are performed on nanotube bundle . </DIV> <DIV>so i wanto know whether it is possible to study single nanotube's deformation with QE code .</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hai-Ping</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; 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