Please make sure that the Kpoint of the primitive grephene unit cell is included in your kmesh.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Cao TF <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tfcao@theory.issp.ac.cn" target="_blank">tfcao@theory.issp.ac.cn</a>></span> wrote:<br>

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<div>Dear QE users,
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  I have calculated the density of states (DOS) of pure graphene.  The supercell used in my work  is a rectangular cell containing 60 carbon atoms.   But something has puzzled me greatly. There is always a little energy gap (~0.2 eV) in the DOS, which contracts with the fact that graphene is zero gap semiconductor. Although I have change many parameters. This problem has not been solved. Here I give the input file and I will be greatly appreciated if you can give me some suggestions.
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For <a href="http://scf.in" target="_blank">scf.in</a>                                                                                     
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&CONTROL
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     title = 'graphene layer' ,
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     calculation = 'scf' ,
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     restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,
<br>
     outdir = './tmp' ,
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     pseudo_dir = '~pseudo' ,
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     prefix = 'graphene' ,
<br>
 /
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 &SYSTEM
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     ibrav = 8 ,
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     a = 12.31 , b = 12.79312342 , c = 12.000 ,
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     nat = 60 ,
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     ntyp = 1 ,
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     occupations = 'smearing' ,
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     tot_charge = 0.0,
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     degauss = 0.02 ,
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     smearing = 'mp' ,
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     nspin = 2 ,
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     starting_magnetization(1) = 0.5 ,
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     ecutwfc = 30.0 ,
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     ecutrho = 300.0 ,
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 /
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 &ELECTRONS
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     conv_thr = 1.0d-8 ,
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     mixing_mode = 'local-TF' ,
<br>
     mixing_beta = 0.7 ,
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     diagonalization = 'david' ,
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 /
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ATOMIC_SPECIES
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  C   12.0107  C.pbe-rrkjus.UPF
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ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal
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 C   0.0000000       0.0000000      0.50000000
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 C  0.10000000      5.55555671E-02  0.50000000
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 C   0.0000000      0.22222224      0.50000000
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 C   0.0000000      0.33333334      0.50000000
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 C  0.10000000      0.38888890      0.50000000
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 C   0.0000000      0.55555558      0.50000000
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 C   0.0000000      0.88888896      0.50000000
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 C  0.20000000       0.0000000      0.50000000
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 C  0.40000001      0.22222224      0.50000000
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 C  0.40000001      0.33333334      0.50000000
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 C  0.50000000      0.38888890      0.50000000
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 C  0.50000000      0.50000000      0.50000000
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 C  0.40000001      0.55555558      0.50000000
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 C  0.40000001      0.66666669      0.50000000
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 C  0.50000000      0.72222227      0.50000000
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 C  0.50000000      0.83333337      0.50000000
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 C  0.40000001      0.88888896      0.50000000
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 C  0.60000002       0.0000000      0.50000000
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 C  0.70000005      5.55555671E-02  0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.70000005      0.16666667      0.50000000
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 C  0.60000002      0.22222224      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.60000002      0.33333334      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.70000005      0.38888890      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.70000005      0.50000000      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.60000002      0.55555558      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.60000002      0.66666669      0.50000000
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   C  0.70000005      0.72222227      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.70000005      0.83333337      0.50000000
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 C  0.60000002      0.88888896      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.80000001       0.0000000      0.50000000
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 C  0.90000004      5.55555671E-02  0.50000000
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 C  0.90000004      0.16666667      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.80000001      0.22222224      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.80000001      0.33333334      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.90000004      0.38888890      0.50000000
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 C  0.90000004      0.50000000      0.50000000
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 C  0.80000001      0.55555558      0.50000000
<br>
 C  0.80000001      0.66666669      0.50000000
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 C  0.90000004      0.72222227      0.50000000
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 C  0.90000004      0.83333337      0.50000000
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 C  0.80000001      0.88888896      0.50000000
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 K_POINTS automatic
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 8 8 1 0 0 0
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For  <a href="http://nscf.in" target="_blank">nscf.in</a>  
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&CONTROL
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     title = 'graphene layer' ,
<br>
     calculation = 'nscf' ,
<br>
     restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,
<br>
     outdir = './tmp' ,
<br>
     pseudo_dir = '/lustre/ISSP2/tfcao/pseudo' ,
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     prefix = 'graphene' ,
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 /
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 &SYSTEM
<br>
     ibrav = 8 ,
<br>
     a = 12.31 , b = 12.79312342 , c = 12.000 ,
<br>
     nat = 60 ,
<br>
     ntyp = 1 ,
<br>
     occupations = 'tetrahedra' ,
<br>
     tot_charge = 0.0,
<br>
     nspin = 2 ,
<br>
     starting_magnetization(1) = 0.5 ,
<br>
     ecutwfc = 30.0 ,
<br>
     ecutrho = 300.0 ,
<br>
 /
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 &ELECTRONS
<br>
     conv_thr = 1.0d-8 ,
<br>
     mixing_mode = 'local-TF' ,
<br>
     mixing_beta = 0.7 ,
<br>
     diagonalization = 'david' ,
<br>
 /
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ATOMIC_SPECIES
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  C   12.0107  C.pbe-rrkjus.UPF
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For <a href="http://dos.in" target="_blank">dos.in</a> 
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 &inputpp
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  prefix = 'graphene' ,
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  outdir = './tmp' ,
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  Emin = -4.0 ,
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  Emax = 4.0 ,
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  DeltaE = 0.01 ,
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  fildos = graphene.dos ,
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/
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The accessory is the DOS I have got.                                                            
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I  am sorry for such a long file. I hope that you can give some suggestions.  
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Tengfei Cao,   Research Laboratory for Computational Materials Sciences,
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Instutue of Solid State Physics,the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>____________________________________<br>Hui Wang<br>School of physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China<br>