[Pw_forum] Strange band structure diagram

Claudia Loyola claudial.81 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 21 01:33:00 CET 2011


Hi,

if your question is for the overlap between the bands, in the input file for
band.x executable, add this line:

  no_overlap=.true.,

regards,
Claudia Loyola

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Lun Yue <lyue at gmx.net> wrote:

> Dear pwscf users,
>
> I did some calculations about bulk TiO2 rutile and got a really strange
> band structure diagram:
> http://img840.imageshack.us/i/rutilebands.png/
>
> I checked the input files but could not find the problem, please help me in
> figuring out it.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Lun Yue
>
> My input files:
>
> ======= rutile.scf.in ===============
>
>  &control
>    calculation = 'scf',
>    prefix = 'rutile_scf',
>    verbosity = 'default',
> /
>  &system
>    ibrav = 6,
>    celldm(1) = 8.680890966,
>    celldm(3) = 0.64394729330137,
>    nat =  6,
>    ntyp = 2,
>    ecutwfc = 40,
>    ecutrho = 400,
>    occupations = 'fixed',
>    nbnd = 40,
>  /
>  &electrons
>    conv_thr = 1.0e-09,
>    electron_maxstep = 100,
>    mixing_beta = 0.3,
>    conv_thr = 1.0e-08,
>    mixing_mode = 'plain',
>  /
>
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>  O 15.999  O.pbe-van_ak.UPF
>  Ti 47.867 Ti.pbe-sp-van_ak.UPF
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS (angstrom)
> Ti  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000
> Ti  2.29686500  2.29686500  1.47906000
> O   1.40246577  1.40246577  0.00000000
> O  -1.40246577 -1.40246577  0.00000000
> O   3.69933077  0.89439923  1.47906000
> O   0.89439923  3.69933077  1.47906000
> K_POINTS (automatic)
>  6 6 6 0 0 0
>
>
>
> ========= rutile.bands.in =============
>
>  &control
>    calculation = 'bands',
>    prefix = 'rutile_scf',
>    verbosity = 'default',
> /
>  &system
>    ibrav = 6,
>    celldm(1) = 8.680890966,
>    celldm(3) = 0.64394729330137,
>    nat =  6,
>    ntyp = 2,
>    ecutwfc = 40,
>    ecutrho = 400,
>    occupations = 'fixed',
>    nbnd = 40,
>  /
>  &electrons
>    conv_thr = 1.0e-09,
>    electron_maxstep = 100,
>    mixing_beta = 0.3,
>    conv_thr = 1.0e-08,
>    mixing_mode = 'plain',
>  /
>
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>  O 15.999  O.pbe-van_ak.UPF
>  Ti 47.867 Ti.pbe-sp-van_ak.UPF
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS (angstrom)
> Ti  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000
> Ti  2.29686500  2.29686500  1.47906000
> O   1.40246577  1.40246577  0.00000000
> O  -1.40246577 -1.40246577  0.00000000
> O   3.69933077  0.89439923  1.47906000
> O   0.89439923  3.69933077  1.47906000
> K_POINTS crystal
> 60
>        0.5000000000    0.0000000000    0.5000000000    1.0
>        0.4750000000    0.0000000000    0.4750000000    1.0
>        0.4500000000    0.0000000000    0.4500000000    1.0
>        0.4250000000    0.0000000000    0.4250000000    1.0
>        0.4000000000    0.0000000000    0.4000000000    1.0
>        0.3750000000    0.0000000000    0.3750000000    1.0
>        0.3500000000    0.0000000000    0.3500000000    1.0
>        0.3250000000    0.0000000000    0.3250000000    1.0
>        0.3000000000    0.0000000000    0.3000000000    1.0
>        0.2750000000    0.0000000000    0.2750000000    1.0
>        0.2500000000    0.0000000000    0.2500000000    1.0
>        0.2250000000    0.0000000000    0.2250000000    1.0
>        0.2000000000    0.0000000000    0.2000000000    1.0
>        0.1750000000    0.0000000000    0.1750000000    1.0
>        0.1500000000    0.0000000000    0.1500000000    1.0
>        0.1250000000    0.0000000000    0.1250000000    1.0
>        0.1000000000    0.0000000000    0.1000000000    1.0
>        0.0750000000    0.0000000000    0.0750000000    1.0
>        0.0500000000    0.0000000000    0.0500000000    1.0
>        0.0250000000    0.0000000000    0.0250000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.0000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.0454545455    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.0909090909    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.1363636364    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.1818181818    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.2272727273    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.2727272727    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.3181818182    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.3636363636    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.4090909091    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.4545454545    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0000000000    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0454545455    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.0909090909    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.1363636364    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.1818181818    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.2272727273    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.2727272727    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.3181818182    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.3636363636    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.4090909091    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.4545454545    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.0000000000    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.0294117647    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.0588235294    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.0882352941    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.1176470588    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.1470588235    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.1764705882    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.2058823529    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.2352941176    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.2647058824    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.2941176471    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.3235294118    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.3529411765    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.3823529412    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.4117647059    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.4411764706    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.4705882353    1.0
>        0.5000000000    0.5000000000    0.5000000000    1.0
>
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Claudia Loyola Canales
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