[Pw_forum] Graphene Nanoribbon

swapnil chandratre swapnil.chandratre at gmail.com
Tue May 3 23:31:56 CEST 2011


Hi,

I am sending you the file I have prepared for graphene nanoribbon, could you
please comment on it.

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:10 PM, swapnil chandratre <
swapnil.chandratre at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I know how to get the H passivated graphene structure,
> and regarding semi conducting property, can you help getting started by
> hinting at some literature.
>
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:20 PM, xirainbow <nkxirainbow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Swapnil Chandratre:
>>
>> Thank you for your quick response, but is it not required to satisfy the
>>> dangling bonds with h2 passivation (as I see just the C atoms here).
>>>
>> You have to add H by yourself.
>> Do not you know how to add atoms?
>>
>>
>>> The other query I had is Graphene is Semi Metallic, it can show semi
>>> conducting properties if designed in ArmChair configuration with proper
>>> geometry, is there any specific thing to keep in mind if I want to explore
>>> that aspect.
>>>
>> I think you should know how to explore semi metallic property of two
>> dimensional graphene, before dealing with nanoribbon. If you don't know the
>> origin of semi-metallic graphene, you would not know how to explore it in
>> nanoribbon.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:54 PM, xirainbow <nkxirainbow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Swapnil Chandratre:
>>>> The following is my input file for graphenen ribbon6 for QE4.0.
>>>> You can find more information at here:
>>>> http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5f15ead20100drss.html
>>>>
>>>> #############################################################
>>>> INPUT FILE OF GRAPHENE RIBBON 6
>>>> Input file:graphene.rx.in
>>>> &CONTROL
>>>>                  calculation = 'relax' ,
>>>>                 restart_mode = ??
>>>>                       outdir = ??
>>>>                   pseudo_dir = ??
>>>>                etot_conv_thr = 1.0e-4 ,
>>>>                forc_conv_thr = 1.0e-3 ,
>>>>                      tstress = .true. ,
>>>>                      tprnfor = .true. ,
>>>>  /
>>>>  &SYSTEM
>>>>                        ibrav = 8,
>>>>                    celldm(1) = 4.67689278,
>>>>                    celldm(2) = 8.623989813,
>>>>                    celldm(3) = 4.048794087,
>>>>                          nat = 12,
>>>>                         ntyp = 2,// the largest ntype=10
>>>>                      ecutwfc = 60.D0 ,
>>>>                      ecutrho = 500.D0 ,
>>>>                        nosym = .false. ,
>>>>                         nbnd = 36,
>>>>                        nelec = 48,
>>>>                  occupations = 'smearing' ,
>>>>                      degauss = 0.02 ,
>>>>                     smearing = 'gaussian' ,
>>>>                        nspin = 2 ,
>>>>    starting_magnetization(1) = 1.0,
>>>>    starting_magnetization(2) = -0.5,
>>>>  /
>>>>  &ELECTRONS
>>>>                     conv_thr = 1.D-6 ,
>>>>                  mixing_mode = 'plain' ,
>>>>                  mixing_beta = 0.7D0 ,
>>>>              diagonalization = 'david' ,
>>>>             diago_david_ndim = 8,
>>>>  /
>>>>  &IONS
>>>>                 ion_dynamics = 'damp' ,
>>>>            pot_extrapolation = 'second_order' ,
>>>>            wfc_extrapolation = 'second_order' ,
>>>>  /
>>>> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>>>>    C1   12.00000  C.pbe-rrkjus.UPF
>>>>    C2   12.00000  C.pbe-rrkjus.UPF
>>>> ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal
>>>>    C1      0.000000000    0.236465542    0.000000000
>>>>    C2      0.500000000    0.265456486    0.000000000
>>>>    C1      0.500000000    0.334092417    0.000000000
>>>>    C2      0.000000000    0.366772814    0.000000000
>>>>    C1      0.000000000    0.433673757    0.000000000
>>>>    C2      0.500000000    0.466640035    0.000000000
>>>>    C1      0.500000000    0.533360168    0.000000000
>>>>    C2      0.000000000    0.566326232    0.000000000
>>>>    C1      0.000000000    0.633227130    0.000000000
>>>>    C2      0.500000000    0.665907475    0.000000000
>>>>    C1      0.500000000    0.734543349    0.000000000
>>>>    C2      0.000000000    0.763534596    0.000000000
>>>> K_POINTS automatic
>>>>   13 1 1   0 0 0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5f15ead20100drss.html>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:18 AM, swapnil chandratre <
>>>> swapnil.chandratre at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am new to Espresso, I am trying to work with Graphene
>>>>> Nanoribbon(1-d), though I am spending individual  time on understanding how
>>>>> to use the software and implement conditions accordingly, can anyone provide
>>>>> a sample input file for a GNR?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Swapnil Chandratre
>>>>> Graduate Student
>>>>> Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
>>>>> University of Houston,
>>>>> Houston, TX
>>>>> (M)-713-294-9546
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>> Regards,
>>> Swapnil Chandratre
>>> Graduate Student
>>> Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
>>> University of Houston,
>>> Houston, TX
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>
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> Swapnil Chandratre
> Graduate Student
> Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
> University of Houston,
> Houston, TX
> (M)-713-294-9546
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Regards,
Swapnil Chandratre
Graduate Student
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Houston,
Houston, TX
(M)-713-294-9546
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