<html dir=""><head><style id="axi-htmleditor-style" type="text/css">p { margin: 0px; }</style></head><body style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: fixed;">Dear Users,<div><br></div><div> It seems the band structure calculation for DFT+U+SOC is not implemented yet in QE. So, I have done two separate <b>scf</b> runs both with DFT+SOC:  first with automatic generation of k-points, second with the manually giving interested points for plotting band structure. All other variables are the same and put <span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-family: Menlo; font-size: 11px;">lda_plus_u_kind=1.</span></div>




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<div>However, the final results are totally different (magnetization, band gap). The one with automatic generation of k-points gives the expected results. </div><div>The second scf file is as below:</div><div>




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<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><br></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1"> &CONTROL</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                 calculation = 'scf' ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                      outdir = '.' ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                  pseudo_dir = '..' ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                      prefix = 'soc' ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                   verbosity = 'high' ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"> /</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"> &SYSTEM</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                       ibrav = 4,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                   celldm(1) = 13.9377,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                   celldm(3) = 2.152435481,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                         nat = 19,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                        ntyp = 2,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                     ecutwfc = 56 ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                     ecutrho = 420 ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                        nbnd = 88,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                   input_dft = 'PBE' ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                 occupations = 'smearing' ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                     degauss = 0.01 ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                    smearing = 'gaussian' ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   starting_magnetization(1) = 0;,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   starting_magnetization(2) = 1;,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                    noncolin = .true. ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                    lspinorb = .true. ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                  lda_plus_u = .true. ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">             lda_plus_u_kind = 1 ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                Hubbard_U(1) = 3.5,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                Hubbard_U(2) = 3.5,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"> /</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"> &ELECTRONS</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">            electron_maxstep = 200,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                    conv_thr = 1.0d-7 ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                 mixing_mode = 'plain' ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">                 mixing_beta = 0.7 ,</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"> /</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">ATOMIC_SPECIES</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C   12.00000  C.rel-pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.0.1.UPF </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    F   18.99840  F.rel-pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.0.1.UPF </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C     -0.001030342   -0.001448201   -0.005471594    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.331927623   -0.001452275   -0.005467207    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.665501415   -0.001335198   -0.001997448    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.110621704    0.220830486   -0.002884856    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.442544844    0.220825727   -0.002888488    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.776605634    0.220874547   -0.002370626    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C     -0.001187682    0.331982622   -0.001982121    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.330454625    0.328565170    0.001033596    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.665505872    0.331983251   -0.001987257    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.110611656    0.554946871   -0.002902297    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.443313622    0.554255856    0.021069846    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.776684044    0.554950124   -0.002920958    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C     -0.001032868    0.665583408   -0.005479001    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.330442215    0.667054356    0.000999389    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.668965067    0.667059826    0.000970843    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.109954913    0.887562393   -0.005787304    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.442538177    0.886879684   -0.002912470    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    C      0.776686694    0.886885971   -0.002926438    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">    F      0.443545019    0.554506156    0.118390699    </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">K_POINTS crystal </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">17 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.500000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.450000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.400000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.350000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.300000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.250000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.200000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.150000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.100000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.050000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.000000000    0.000000000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.058334500    0.058334500    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.108335500    0.108335500    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.158336500    0.158336500    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.208337500    0.208337500    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.258338500    0.258338500    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">   0.333340000    0.333340000    0.000000000      0.012345700 </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1"><br></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1"><font color="#ff6600"><br></font></span></p><p class="p1"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><font color="#ff6600">The generated k-point by QE from these k-points shown in out file are as follow:</font></span></p><p class="p1"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;"><br></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1"> number of k points=    94  gaussian smearing, width (Ry)=  0.0100</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">                       cart. coord. in units 2pi/alat</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(    1) = (   0.5000000   0.2886751   0.0000000), wk =   0.0196078</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(    2) = (   0.4500000   0.2598076   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(    3) = (   0.4000000   0.2309401   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(    4) = (   0.3500000   0.2020726   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(    5) = (   0.3000000   0.1732051   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(    6) = (   0.2500000   0.1443376   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(    7) = (   0.2000000   0.1154701   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(    8) = (   0.1500000   0.0866025   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(    9) = (   0.1000000   0.0577350   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   10) = (   0.0500000   0.0288675   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   11) = (   0.0000000   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0588235</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   12) = (   0.0583345   0.1010383   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   13) = (   0.1083355   0.1876426   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   14) = (   0.1583365   0.2742469   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   15) = (   0.2083375   0.3608511   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   16) = (   0.2583385   0.4474554   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   17) = (   0.3333400   0.5773618   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   18) = (  -0.5000000   0.2886751   0.0000000), wk =   0.0196078</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   19) = (   0.0000000   0.5773503   0.0000000), wk =   0.0196078</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   20) = (  -0.4500000  -0.2598076   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   21) = (  -0.4500000   0.2598076   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   22) = (   0.4500000  -0.2598076   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   23) = (   0.0000000   0.5196152   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   24) = (   0.0000000  -0.5196152   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   25) = (  -0.4000000  -0.2309401   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   26) = (  -0.4000000   0.2309401   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   27) = (   0.4000000  -0.2309401   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   28) = (   0.0000000   0.4618802   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   29) = (   0.0000000  -0.4618802   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   30) = (  -0.3500000  -0.2020726   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   31) = (  -0.3500000   0.2020726   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   32) = (   0.3500000  -0.2020726   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   33) = (   0.0000000   0.4041452   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   34) = (   0.0000000  -0.4041452   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   35) = (  -0.3000000  -0.1732051   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   36) = (  -0.3000000   0.1732051   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   37) = (   0.3000000  -0.1732051   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   38) = (   0.0000000   0.3464102   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   39) = (   0.0000000  -0.3464102   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   40) = (  -0.2500000  -0.1443376   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   41) = (  -0.2500000   0.1443376   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   42) = (   0.2500000  -0.1443376   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   43) = (   0.0000000   0.2886751   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   44) = (   0.0000000  -0.2886751   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   45) = (  -0.2000000  -0.1154701   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   46) = (  -0.2000000   0.1154701   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   47) = (   0.2000000  -0.1154701   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   48) = (   0.0000000   0.2309401   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   49) = (   0.0000000  -0.2309401   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   50) = (  -0.1500000  -0.0866025   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   51) = (  -0.1500000   0.0866025   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   52) = (   0.1500000  -0.0866025   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   53) = (   0.0000000   0.1732051   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   54) = (   0.0000000  -0.1732051   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   55) = (  -0.1000000  -0.0577350   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   56) = (  -0.1000000   0.0577350   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   57) = (   0.1000000  -0.0577350   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   58) = (   0.0000000   0.1154701   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   59) = (   0.0000000  -0.1154701   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   60) = (  -0.0500000  -0.0288675   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   61) = (  -0.0500000   0.0288675   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   62) = (   0.0500000  -0.0288675   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   63) = (   0.0000000   0.0577350   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   64) = (   0.0000000  -0.0577350   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   65) = (  -0.0583345  -0.1010383   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   66) = (  -0.0583345   0.1010383   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   67) = (   0.0583345  -0.1010383   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   68) = (   0.1166690   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   69) = (  -0.1166690   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   70) = (  -0.1083355  -0.1876426   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   71) = (  -0.1083355   0.1876426   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   72) = (   0.1083355  -0.1876426   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   73) = (   0.2166710   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   74) = (  -0.2166710   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   75) = (  -0.1583365  -0.2742469   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   76) = (  -0.1583365   0.2742469   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   77) = (   0.1583365  -0.2742469   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   78) = (   0.3166730   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   79) = (  -0.3166730   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   80) = (  -0.2083375  -0.3608511   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   81) = (  -0.2083375   0.3608511   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   82) = (   0.2083375  -0.3608511   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   83) = (   0.4166750   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   84) = (  -0.4166750   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   85) = (  -0.2583385  -0.4474554   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   86) = (  -0.2583385   0.4474554   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   87) = (   0.2583385  -0.4474554   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   88) = (   0.5166770   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   89) = (  -0.5166770   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   90) = (  -0.3333400  -0.5773618   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   91) = (  -0.3333400   0.5773618   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   92) = (   0.3333400  -0.5773618   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   93) = (   0.6666800   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">        k(   94) = (  -0.6666800  -0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.0098039</span></p><p class="p1">




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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><div class="x-axi-signature"><br><div class="x-axi-signature" style="; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanks in advance,<div><br></div><div>F. Marsusi,<br><br><br>Department of Physics,<br>Amirkabir University of Technology.​</div></div></div></div></body></html><pre>
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