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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I think spin unpolarized calculations
in that case miss a large exchange correlation contribution coming
from spin alignment.<br>
Isolated Mn2+ should have total magnetization equal to 5 (i
think). You can set this from input. Or you can just let the code
find the minimum by itself.<br>
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you can use martina-tuckerman option to decouple periodic images.<br>
It's very important for charged systems.<br>
That should reduce the size of supercell needed to have stable
numbers.<br>
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stefano<br>
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On 10/08/2017 08:50, Iryna Zaporozhets wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I have a single Mn2+ ion in the isolated system
with vacuum between periodic images. Spin-unpolarized
calculations run without any errors so I wonder whether
spin-unpolarized calculations produce any useful results.
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<div>Best, Iryna Zaporozhets</div>
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<div class="m_4512805707151426714moz-cite-prefix">depends
on your system, is it magnetic ?<br>
metallic aluminum or copper have spin compensated
densities and you can use nspin=1.<br>
nickel or iron are magnetic and nspin=2 is needed.<br>
stefano
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On 10/08/2017 08:29, Iryna Zaporozhets wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear PW community,
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<div>I am working with an open-shell system which
requires a lot of computational efforts. Is it
possible to use other options than
spin-polarized calculations (nspin = 2) to
reduce computational cost, for example,
restricted open-shell DFT? Is there any
physical meaning to the results obtained with
spin-unpolarized (nspin = 1) calculations in
case of the open-shell system?</div>
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<div>Thank you,</div>
<div>Iryna Zaporozhets,</div>
<div>Master student in Chemistry</div>
<div>Kharkiv National University, Ukraine</div>
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