<div dir="ltr"> I would try first of all to remove ibrav. If you specify a space group, the code should find the proper value of "ibrav"</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Amar Singh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amarsingh122014@rediffmail.com" target="_blank">amarsingh122014@rediffmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Friends,<br>Its my first appearance on forum and hope I can reach you via <font color="#0066cc"><a href="mailto:pw_forum@pwscf.org" target="_blank">pw_forum@pwscf.org</a></font>. <br><br>I am trying to optimize the structure of BaTiO3 in R3C space group (No. 161). I am using the lattice parameters as suggested on QE website, Celldm (1) = a (bohr) and Celldm (3) = c/a. While b = a and angles are 90, 90 and 120 (hexagonal setting) are fixed for the space group. Space group should be able to generate 30 atoms (6 BaTiO3 units) in the unit cell. Following is the part of script I am using.<br><br>&system<br> ibrav = 4,<br> celldm(1) = 10.578,<br> celldm(3) = 2.475,<br> nat = 3,<br> ntyp = 3,<br> ecutwfc = 40<br> space_group = 161<br><br>ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal_sg<br>Ba 0.00000 0.00000 0.26640 1 1 1<br>Ti 0.00000 0.00000 0.01568 1 1 1<br>O 0.1338 0.3363 0.08333 1 1 1<br><br>As I start the run, I am encountered with the error message "ibrav not compatible with the space group number". If I look for other ibrav options (<a href="http://www.quantum-espresso.org/wp-content/uploads/Doc/INPUT_PW.html#CELL_PARAMETERS" target="_blank">http://www.quantum-espresso.<wbr>org/wp-content/uploads/Doc/<wbr>INPUT_PW.html#CELL_PARAMETERS</a>)<wbr>, I do not find any other having a and c/a as inputs (as they are the only independent lattice parameters for hexagonal setting of R3C space group !). Please suggest me what should I try, and if I am doing anything wrong !!<br><br>thanks<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>AS<br></font></span><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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