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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This is a post-doctoral researcher in energy engineering and
quantum mechanics. I am interested in Quantum Espresso for running quantum
mechanics calculations. I have installed CYGWin in order to install Quantum
Espresso and have installed WinMostar in order to run Quantum Espresso. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The software program CYGWin is available for
free. The software program Quantum Espresso is seemingly available for free.
However, the software WinMostar is not available for free and it costs USD 1200
to get the full functionality for academic research purposes ( <a href="https://webmail.msm.nl/owa/redir.aspx?C=1nwIleeWy8vAzDAvCSCHpGgFXsJTc_9CthPfc5xrSjnxW52uPZjXCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwinmostar.com%2fen%2fpurchase_en.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://winmostar.com/en/purchase_en.html</span></a> ). </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I have installed the "Free Edition" of
the software WinMostar ( </span><a href="https://webmail.msm.nl/owa/redir.aspx?C=jSmPnslUSZcZ7s8GSJlOB-ZL_F5Y_VWe9uUWK5RDhRjxW52uPZjXCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwinmostar.com%2fen%2fdownload_en.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">https://winmostar.com/en/download_en.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> ). Unfortunately almost all the basic
functionalities for running electronic band structure calculations and phonons
dispersion are currently disabled. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thus, it would be much appreciated if you have
advised on: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(i) Can I install and run Quantum Espresso for
free without need for installing the full version of WinMostar?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(ii) Is there a contact person available in
Austria / Germany for the technical support on Quantum Espresso?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I wish you all a prosperous year
ahead. I thankfully look forward to your consideration and to hearing from
you in this regard.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Kind regards,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dr. Salah Elmoselhy </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Google Scholar Web-page: </span><a href="https://webmail.msm.nl/owa/redir.aspx?C=FYAGpY06QJKEIVMl2HqjrfHenbLmnfHiQpQ51kuK-njxW52uPZjXCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fscholar.google.com%2fcitations%3fhl%3den%26user%3dvPNI2PEAAAAJ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vPNI2PEAAAAJ</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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