<div dir="ltr">Dear <span style="font-size:12.8px">Novendra Novendra,</span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">The only way how to do it within pseudopotential method I found, was to make pseudopotential with both zed and config values equal to fractional number. For example, for Cu: zed=28.9, config='[Ar] 3d9.5 4s1.4 4p0.0' corresponds to mixture of Cu with 1/29 vacancies.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">It's not exactly the same as mixing with "empty" pspot, but more like rigid band approximation for particular component. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">If you need do do something more accurate, probably, one of the CPA KKR packages will be more appropriate.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">One more comment regarding modeling vacancies with VCA. You probably should remember that even in closed packed structures like most of the metals relaxation of surrounding vacancy atoms positions is significant. This effect is not included within VCA approach.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Best,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">German Samolyuk</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">ORNL</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Novendra Novendra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:novendra.andra@gmail.com" target="_blank">novendra.andra@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Dear QE developers,<div class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg"><br class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg">I am trying to prepare input file for a system with a positional disorder. I have seen some example where VCA can be applied for system with substitional disorder, where in that case a virtual PP can be prepared by mixing PP of different elements. In the case of positional disorder, is it possible to prepare a virtual PP by mixing with an "empty" PP? </div></div><div class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg"><br></div><div class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg">Thank you,</div><div class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg"><br></div><div class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg">Novendra Novendra</div><div class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg">Ph.D Student,</div><div class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg">Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science</div><div class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg">University of California, Davis</div><div class="m_-7735300850203887648gmail_msg"><br></div>
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