[Pw_forum] phonons using finite difference approach with symmetry considerations using QE

[Lorenzo Paulatto]

On Friday, July 8, 2016 9:20:27 AM CEST Sonu Kumar wrote:
> Dear QE users,
> 
> Can the QE calculate phonons using finite difference approach exploiting
> the symmetry of a system?

Dear Kumar,
the PHON package from Dario Alfé ca nbe interfaced with quantum espresso, it 
takes a few hours to get started but it works very effectively.

http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfbdxa/phon/

hth


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