[QE-users] Dielectric tensor

Chandler Bennett mcbennet at ncsu.edu
Fri Aug 10 16:44:49 CEST 2018


Possibly it is being predicted as metallic, yes. What is the best/fastest
strategy to confirm this in QE?

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 10:41 AM Stefano Baroni <baroni at sissa.it> wrote:

> Most likely because they are exceedingly large. are you sure that your
> system is an insulator? (both in Nature and in DFT!) — Stefano
>
> On 10 Aug 2018, at 15:58, Chandler Bennett <mcbennet at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>
> I am attempting to run ph.x on a converged scf calculation (geometry taken
> from a converged vc-relax run).
>
> However, for the dielectric tensor, I see the following
>
> ************************          1.615397406741         -0.000000000000
>           1.211548055056************************         -0.000000000139
>           0.000000000121          0.000000000209        291.291652303297
>
> Can someone help me understand why some of the matrix elements are not
> being printed correctly?
>
>
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Chandler Bennett
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Phone: (919) 291-6597
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