Yes you have to calculate the total energy for different lattice parameters. 1) and 2) yes, E-V is a parabola where the min is the equilibrium lattice parameters is always better to have points on both sides. 3) only relax as if you relax the cell you will always fall into the min.<div>
<br></div><div>cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Layla<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/10/24 David Furman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sirok4@gmail.com" target="_blank">sirok4@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">
I want to calculate equation of state (E-V curve) with Quantum Espresso.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">What is the procedure to do so ? <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">I think to calculate the total energy of different lattice parameters and then fit to analytic equation of state.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">1. Do I additionally to compressing (setting smaller and smaller values for lattice parameter) need to calculate energy for lattice parameters larger than equilibrium ? <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">2. If yes, then what sense does expanding the unit cell mean regarding to experiment ? <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Or is it done just to improve the statistics of the fit ?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">
3. Do I have to do relax or vc-relax runs to optimize atomic positions at each lattice parameter ?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">
Thanks for you kind help,<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr">David<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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