Dear Sir,<br>
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(1) Here i am running Black phosphorous, which is layered compound<br>
crystallizes in orthorhombic structure and reported that having huge van<br>
der waals forces. Generally systems having van der waals forces shows<br>
huge volume change( either 10-12% underestimate in LDA or 5-6% overestimate<br>
in GGA) with experimental volume in DFT calculations. In my case, CASTEP<br>
and VASP i got similar variation in volume. But in PwSCF, i got 2%<br>
volume change with experimental volume. Here i used 50Ry cutoff and<br>
10X10X10 K-mesh is used for my calculations. For energy minimum i used<br>
up to 10e-8 . Where as in "vc-relax" calculations i got 10% volume<br>
change with experimental volume.<br>
<br> please give your suggestions for my problem. If it is need i will send<br>
my b/a, c/a and a calculation input and output files to your mail.<br><br>(2) What is the difference in structural optimization between normal
process( optimizain c/a, b/a and a with energy) and "vc-relax"?<br>
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<br><br>Thanks in advance.<br><br>
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with regards<br>
S.Appalakondaiah<br>
Research scholar<br>
University of Hyderabad<br>
Hyderabad