[Pw_forum] Mixing PAW, US, and NC pseudopotentials

Nicola Marzari nicola.marzari at epfl.ch
Mon Jan 18 15:23:39 CET 2016



Yes, it is possible to use a mix. For the CP code I think there
is/was an odd rule of listing first the ultrasoft (???) but pwscf
should be ok.

Careful with the alcohol, of course.

			nicola

On 18/01/2016 14:44, David Foster wrote:
> Dear Users and Developers,
>   In the last performed comparing DFT solid codes in the site "https://molmod.ugent.be/deltacodesdft", QE is the best pseudopotential code with "SSSP-Accuracy" which is a mixture of PAW, US, and NC pseudopotentials.
> My question is about this mixture process. Can we use them simultaneously in one simulation run? For example, in a calculation of Alcohol+TiO2 surface, Is it possible to choose US for carbon, PAW for Ti, and NC for O? (this is only an example).
>
> Regards
>
>   David Foster
>
>   Ph.D. Student of Chemistry
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