<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">Hi All,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">I'm calculating berry phase polarization in KNbO3(KNO). Ideally, for a perfect cubic KNO the polarization should be zero. However, I’m getting 0.4898671 C/m^2. I’ve no idea why am I getting this result. Can anyone help??</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">below are my<span> </span></span><a href="http://scf.in/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">scf.in</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">,<span> </span></span><a href="http://nscf.in/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">nscf.in</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>and polarization part of nscf.out<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://scf.in/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">scf.in</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">&CONTROL</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> calculation = 'scf'</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> restart_mode = 'from_scratch'<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> outdir = 'c-kno' ,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> pseudo_dir = '/berry-phase-kno'</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> prefix = 'bp-KNO'</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">/</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">&SYSTEM</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> ibrav=1</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> celldm(1)=7.59934d0</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> nat=5</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> ntyp=3</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> nbnd=40</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> ecutwfc=70</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> occupations = 'fixed'</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> degauss=0.00</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">/</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">&ELECTRONS</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> conv_thr = 1.D-6,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> mixing_beta = 0.07</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">/</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">ATOMIC_SPECIES</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> K 39.09830 K.pz-hgh.UPF</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> Nb 92.90638 Nb.pz-hgh.UPF <span> </span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> O 15.99940 O.pz-hgh.UPF <span> </span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">K 0.000000000 0.000000000 0.000000000</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">Nb 0.500000000 0.500000000 0.500000000</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">O 0.500000000 0.500000000 0.000000000</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">O 0.500000000 0.000000000 0.500000000</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">O 0.000000000 0.500000000 0.500000000</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">K_POINTS {automatic}<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">4 4 4 0 0 0</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://nscf.in/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">nscf.in</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">&CONTROL</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> calculation = 'nscf'</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> restart_mode = 'from_scratch'<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> outdir = 'c-kno'<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> pseudo_dir = '/berry-phase-kno'</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> prefix = 'bp-KNO'</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> lberry = .true.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> gdir = 3</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> nppstr = 7</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">/</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">&SYSTEM</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> ibrav=1</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> celldm(1)=7.59934d0</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> nat=5</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> ntyp=3</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> nbnd=40</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> ecutwfc=70</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> occupations = 'fixed'</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> degauss=0.00</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">/</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">&ELECTRONS</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> conv_thr = 1.D-6</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> mixing_beta = 0.07</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">/</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">ATOMIC_SPECIES</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> K 39.09830 K.pz-hgh.UPF</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> Nb 92.90638 Nb.pz-hgh.UPF <span> </span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> O 15.99940 O.pz-hgh.UPF <span> </span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">K 0.000000000 0.000000000 0.000000000</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">Nb 0.500000000 0.500000000 0.500000000</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">O 0.500000000 0.500000000 0.000000000</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">O 0.500000000 0.000000000 0.500000000</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">O 0.000000000 0.500000000 0.500000000</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">K_POINTS {automatic}<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">4 4 7 0 0 0</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">nscf.out</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> VALUES OF POLARIZATION</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> The calculation of phases done along the direction of vector 3</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> of the reciprocal lattice gives the following contribution to</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> the polarization vector (in different units, and being Omega</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> the volume of the unit cell):</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> P = 3.8195000 (mod 7.6390000) (e/Omega).bohr</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> P = 0.0085683 (mod 0.0171367) e/bohr^2</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> P = 0.4898671 (mod 0.9797342) C/m^2</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> The polarization direction is: ( 0.00000 , 0.00000 , 1.00000 )</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"> ==============================</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline"><wbr>====================</span>
<br><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Rajender Tiwari</div><div>Ph.D scholar</div><div>JNU-New Delhi</div></div>
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