<div dir="ltr"><div>Look at this review paper discussed about defect formation energy and its significance elaborately, <a href="https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.86.253">https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.86.253</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 10:09 PM Timothy Willard <<a href="mailto:tcwillar@ncsu.edu">tcwillar@ncsu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>This isn't really a quantum espresso specific question, but are you looking for the formation energy of a vacancy defect? Computing that with DFT is well documented, there is an archive paper that discusses that: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.06609" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.06609</a>. Good luck.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 6:23 AM Pooja Vyas <<a href="mailto:poojavyas1251995@gmail.com" target="_blank">poojavyas1251995@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">How to compute energy by creating vacancy in crystal?<br></div>
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