# Na6Si34 clathrate (equivalent to Na24Si136 ) # optimization of the unit cell, DOS, and DOS-p kptopt 1 # Option for the automatic generation of k points, # taking into account the symmetry #ngkpt 14 14 14 ngkpt 2 2 2 prtden 1 # Print the density, for later use toldfe 1.0d-6 nband 100 # increase nband to 100 or more for DOS, DOSp, or band occopt 3 # only for metals - fractional occupation of electron bands tsmear 0.01 # and a sear factor #Optimization of the lattice parameters. Make sure to comment-out these lines #for DOS and DOS-partial runs # optcell 1 # ionmov 3 # ntime 10 # dilatmx 1.15 # ecutsm 0.5 # DOS and DOS-partial section - uncomment these lines for DOS calculation prtdos 2 dosdeltae 0.0007 # energy step is approx. 0.02 eV #prtdos 3 #dosdeltae 0.0007 #natsph 3 #iatsph 1 2 3 #ratsph 2.5 #Definition of the unit cell acell 3*27.6278 # a = 14.62 Angstroms rprim 0.0 0.5 0.5 # FCC primitive vectors (to be scaled by acell) 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 #Definition of the atom types ntypat 2 # Number of atom types znucl 11 14 # Atomic numbers # possible type(s) of atom. The pseudopotential(s) # mentioned in the "files" file must correspond # to the type(s) of atom. #Definition of the atoms natom 40 typat # there are 6 Na and 34 Si atoms 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 xred # This keyword indicate that the location of the atoms # will follow, one triplet of number for each atom 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.3750 0.3750 0.3750 0.0000 0.5000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.5000 0.6250 0.6250 0.6250 0.5000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1250 0.1250 0.1250 0.7810 0.7810 0.7810 0.7810 0.7810 0.1570 0.6290 0.6290 0.0050 0.6290 0.6290 0.2370 0.9950 0.7630 0.3710 0.8750 0.8750 0.8750 0.2190 0.2190 0.2190 0.1570 0.7810 0.7810 0.7810 0.1570 0.7810 0.2190 0.2190 0.8430 0.2190 0.8430 0.2190 0.8430 0.2190 0.2190 0.0050 0.6290 0.6290 0.6290 0.0050 0.6290 0.3710 0.3710 0.9950 0.3710 0.9950 0.3710 0.9950 0.3710 0.3710 0.2370 0.6290 0.6290 0.6290 0.2370 0.6290 0.3710 0.3710 0.7630 0.3710 0.7630 0.3710 0.7630 0.3710 0.3710 0.3710 0.9950 0.7630 0.7630 0.3710 0.9950 0.2370 0.0050 0.6290 0.0050 0.6290 0.2370 0.6290 0.2370 0.0050 0.0050 0.2370 0.6290 0.6290 0.0050 0.2370 0.2370 0.6290 0.0050 0.7630 0.9950 0.3710 0.9950 0.3710 0.7630 0.3710 0.7630 0.9950 #Definition of the planewave basis set ecut 15.0 # Maximal kinetic energy cut-off, in Hartree #Definition of the SCF procedure nstep 30 # Maximal number of SCF cycles diemac 12.0 # Although this is not mandatory, it is worth to # precondition the SCF cycle. The model dielectric # function used as the standard preconditioner # is described in the "dielng" input variable section. # Here, we follow the prescription for bulk silicon.