<div dir="ltr">For me vc-relax is practically more convenient: you do not need make additional operations</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-08-02 2:07 GMT+04:00 Mofrad, Amir Mehdi (MU-Student) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amzf5@mail.missouri.edu" target="_blank">amzf5@mail.missouri.edu</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Based on the materials available on the internet, I have realized that apparently there are two ways to find the lattice constant:
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<p>1. After finding the the converged cutoff from scf calculations, use that value for different lattice parameters and find the corresponding minimum energy.</p>
<p>2. Use "vc-relax" for different values of cutoff and find the lattice constant that gives you the minimum energy.
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<p>Which one is more accurate? And, is there more than that to do find the lattice parameter?
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<p>P.S. I want to find the lattice constant of a material consisting only of Si and O.<br>
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<p>Any help would be thoroughly appreciated. <br>
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<p>Best,<br>
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<p>Amir M. Mofrad<span> <br>
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