<div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>I am trying to study phonons in silicon under biaxial strain, which occurs when you grow thin films of silicon over a germanium(or SiGe) bulk, which has a slightly larger lattice constant than silicon, thus stretching the silicon out. This type of procedure stretches silicon in the xy directions and slightly compresses it in the z direction. This consequently distorts the symmetry of the crystal.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have ran some strained cases; in which I "strain" the crystal by changing the lattice vectors in the CELL_PARAMETERS CARD</div></div>