Dear Dr. Wei-Bing Zhang, <br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">The curves show unstable phonon at and near q = 0.19 . </div><div class="gmail_quote">You can compute phonon explicitly at q = 0.19 using QE </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">by giving one q point specifically instead of computing nq = NxNxN . </div><div class="gmail_quote">This will avoid any artifact which may arise from the interpolation method used. </div><div class="gmail_quote">
After all careful checking, if you find that the phonon is indeed imaginary, then </div><div class="gmail_quote">the comment of Prof. Paolo Giannozzi is correct. No one can be sure </div><div class="gmail_quote">that silicene is mechanically stable, unless there is any experimental proof.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Cheers !!!! </div>