<div dir="ltr">Hi singaravelan,<div> relax calculation is done mostly in 2d systems where we need to find the optimized atomic coordinates. In your case vc-relax is the best. But there is nothing like which is superior. It depends on your system. Thank you. <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" color="#0000ff"><b>SAURAV LAHIRI</b></font><div><i><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#38761d">Junior Research Fellow (JRF)</font></i></div><div><i><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#38761d">Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory (CMPL)</font></i></div><div><i><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#38761d">Department of Physics</font></i></div><div><i><font color="#38761d">IIT(ISM) Dhanbad</font></i></div><div><i><font color="#38761d"><span></span><span></span><br></font></i></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 8:16 PM singaravelan T R <<a href="mailto:trsingaravelan27@gmail.com">trsingaravelan27@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">Dear all,<br><div>I like to know the difference between vc-relax (<b>optimize lattice constant and atomic positions) </b>and relax(<b>optimize the atomic positions alone</b>). other than the bold words, i like to know further.? and also When to perform vc-relax?</div><div>Is vc-relax superior over relax part. ?</div><div>I have two views which are correct, I don't know, following are those: please help me here.</div><div>1) Suppose if i am doing vc relax for silicon and i got some cell parameters and atomic position. Is that the atomic position and lattice constant I should use for further scf calculation? (I am saying No need to do lattice constant optimization.)</div><div> <b>(or)</b></div><div>2) I haven't done vc-relax, just done a relax calculation with reference lattice constant, i used that atomic position in my further calculation, proceeded with ecutwfc optimization, then kpoint, lattice constant ? (Not worried on vc relax).</div><div>Which is correct?</div><div>with thanks,</div><div>Singaravelan T R</div><div>Research Scholar,</div><div>University of Madras</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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