<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear Experts,<br><br>For the first time I am working on DFT that too by using quantum espresso software. I am trying to do DFT calculations on MnWO4 bulk materials to study the magnetic and structural properties using espresso-5.1 version.<br></div><br></div>With the <a href="http://MnWO4.scf.in" target="_blank">MnWO4.scf.in</a> file ( see the attachment), I got the magnetization value as 4.58 Bohr mag/cell similar to that observed in literature.<br><br></div>However, when I am trying to calculate the band gap, always I am getting band gap around 8eV. Where as the expected band gap is in the range of 3 eV. I made several trails with MnWO4 input using different pseudopotentials in LDA+U and GGA+U mode. <br><br>Referring to literature I gave U values for Mn = 3.9 - 4.0 eV, W = 6.2 eV and O = 6.5 eV. I have also introduced nqx1, nqx2 and nqx3 different values. But there is no improvement in the bad gap energy. <br><br></div>I gave ibrav = -12 as it is monoclinic stricture and specified Celldm(2), Celldm(3), and Celldm(5) with the corresponding values (not included here) but it is giving error.<br><div><div><div><br></div><div>I suspect there is some missing parameter in the input file, which I am unable to fix. Please have a look into the input file and pass me your suggestions to improve my band gap calculations.<br><br></div><div>The input file attached is the one for which I got the magnetization value as 4.58 Bohr mag/cell. <br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://MnWO4.scf.in">MnWO4.scf.in</a><br>&CONTROL<br> calculation = 'scf' ,<br> restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,<br> wf_collect = .true. ,<br> outdir = '/home/hamshu/Downloads/espresso-5.1/tempdir/' ,<br> wfcdir = '/home/hamshu/Downloads/espresso-5.1/tempdir/' ,<br> pseudo_dir = '/home/hamshu/Downloads/espresso-5.1/pseudo/' ,<br> prefix = 'MnWO4' ,<br> lkpoint_dir = .true. ,<br> disk_io = 'high' ,<br> verbosity = 'high' ,<br> /<br> &SYSTEM<br> ibrav = 0,<br> nat = 12,<br> ntyp = 3,<br> ecutwfc = 30 ,<br> ecutrho = 240 ,<br> nbnd = 84,<br> tot_charge = 0.000000,<br> occupations = 'smearing' ,<br> degauss = 0.001 ,<br> smearing = 'marzari-vanderbilt' ,<br> nspin = 2 ,<br> starting_magnetization(1) = 0.5,<br> exxdiv_treatment = 'gygi-baldereschi' ,<br> lda_plus_u = .true. ,<br> lda_plus_u_kind = 1 ,<br> Hubbard_U(1) = 4.0,<br> U_projection_type = 'ortho-atomic' ,<br> /<br> &ELECTRONS<br> scf_must_converge = .true. ,<br> conv_thr = 1.0d-8 ,<br> mixing_mode = 'plain' ,<br> mixing_beta = 0.05 ,<br> diagonalization = 'david' ,<br> /<br>CELL_PARAMETERS bohr <br> 9.133754000 0.000000000 0.000000000 <br> 0.000000000 10.889400000 0.000000000 <br> -0.186425164 0.000000000 9.442959954 <br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br> Mn 54.93800 mn_lda_v1.2.uspp.F.UPF <br> O 15.99900 o_lda_v1.2.uspp.F.UPF <br> W 183.84000 w_lda_v1.2.uspp.F.UPF <br>ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal <br> Mn 0.500000000 0.653000000 0.250000000 <br> Mn 0.500000000 0.347000000 0.750000000 <br> W 0.000000000 0.180000000 0.250000000 <br> W 0.000000000 0.820000000 0.750000000 <br> O 0.220000000 0.110000000 0.960000000 <br> O 0.780000000 0.890000000 0.040000000 <br> O 0.780000000 0.110000000 0.540000000 <br> O 0.220000000 0.890000000 0.460000000 <br> O 0.260000000 0.380000000 0.390000000 <br> O 0.740000000 0.620000000 0.610000000 <br> O 0.740000000 0.380000000 0.110000000 <br> O 0.260000000 0.620000000 0.890000000 <br>K_POINTS automatic <br> 4 6 8 0 0 0 <br><br><br></div><div>Thanking ou<br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div><div><div><div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><b>Raghavender A T<br></b></div><div><b>Postdoctoral Fellow,<br></b></div><div><b>Nanomagnetism Laboratory,<br></b></div><div><b>Department of Physics and Astronomy,<br></b></div><div><b>Seoul National University,<br></b></div><div><b>Seoul, South Korea.<br></b></div><b><br></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><b>Email: <a href="mailto:raghavi9@gmail.com" target="_blank">raghavi9@gmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:raghavi9@yahoo.com" target="_blank">raghavi9@yahoo.com</a></b></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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