<div dir="ltr">Dear QE community,<div><br></div><div>I want to calculate the phonons at Gamma and dielectric tensor for a molecular solid. Because the system is molecular, I need to use dispersion corrections, preferably TS, to get the correct structure and force constants. Since ph.x, to the best of my knowledge, cannot handle vdW corrections, I am trying to use the frozen phonon codes (fd.x and fd_ifc.x) found in QE version 5.1. Fortunately, there is a helpful example for Si in espresso-5.1/PHonon/FD/example/Si_example. Unfortunately, however, there are no instructions as to how to calculate the dielectric tensor and other properties using fd_ef.x. The source code, which can be found at <a href="https://github.com/maxhutch/quantum-espresso/blob/master/PHonon/FD/fd_ef.f90">https://github.com/maxhutch/quantum-espresso/blob/master/PHonon/FD/fd_ef.f90</a>, is somewhat helpful but thus far I have been unable to successfully run a calculation using fd_ef.x. Can someone please describe the input structure for this code, how to run it, what files need to be present in the pwd, etc. Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Rob</div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">---------------------------------------------</span><br></div><div>Robert B. Wexler </div><div>PhD Candidate in Chemistry</div><div>University of Pennsylvania, 2018</div><div><a href="mailto:rwexler@sas.upenn.edu" target="_blank">rwexler@sas.upenn.edu</a></div><div>(215) 801-8741</div><div>---------------------------------------------<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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