[Wien] Spontaneous polarization with Berry phase method

2013-11-01 Thread mostefa djermouni
Dear Oleg Rubel,


I have calculated the spontaneous polarization for BiCoO3 in tetragonal 
structure, and then, 

I have got different results between [0 - 2] range and [-1 - +1] range.

Please I have some questions:

- What is the significance of negative values of total polarization ?
- Why the values of P_x and P_y is not  ~0 ?
- Is my calculation is true ?

Please find in attached files the BiCoO3.struct, BiCoO3.berrypi (for 
non-centrosymmery case) and  
BiCoO3.berrypi (for centrosymmery case).

NB: the spontaneous polarization of BiCoO3 in literature is: 179 uCm/


Thanks in advance. 


---
Mostefa DJERMOUNI
Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science Laboratory
University of Sidi Bel-Abbes
22000 Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
Tel: +213 795 626 105
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BiCoO3.struct
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centro.berrypi
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nocentro.berrypi
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Re: [Wien] Spontaneous polarization with Berry phase method

2013-11-01 Thread Oleg Rubel

Dear Mostefa,

I run your structure file under LSDA and it turned out to be metallic 
(please see below). Is this what you have too?


Oleg


+ last iteration form BiCoO3.scf +
:KPT   :  NUMBER OF K-POINTS:40
:GAP  : -9.   Ry = -.eV  ( metallic )
 Bandranges (emin - emax) and occupancy:
:BAN00015:  150.0554880.165506  2.
:BAN00016:  160.1137490.200816  2.
:BAN00017:  170.1313350.241349  2.
:BAN00018:  180.1830330.246160  2.
:BAN00019:  190.1917680.282319  2.
:BAN00020:  200.2019360.291997  2.
:BAN00021:  210.2721250.370843  2.
:BAN00022:  220.4158420.453655  2.
:BAN00023:  230.4405360.521746  1.98029924
:BAN00024:  240.4480500.530518  1.59519522
:BAN00025:  250.4480500.537939  0.42450554
:BAN00026:  260.5232390.591985  0.
:BAN00027:  270.6069050.821999  0.
:BAN00028:  280.7707800.897447  0.
:BAN00029:  290.8234240.897447  0.
:BAN00030:  300.9367941.203061  0.
Energy to separate low and high energystates:   -0.07844


:NOE  : NUMBER OF ELECTRONS  =  48.000

:FER  : F E R M I - ENERGY(TETRAH.M.)=   0.5066195849
:GMA  : POTENTIAL AND CHARGE CUT-OFF  12.00 Ry**.5



On 01/11/2013 12:58 PM, mostefa djermouni wrote:

Dear Oleg Rubel,

I have calculated the spontaneous polarization for BiCoO3 in tetragonal
structure, and then,
I have got different results between [0 - 2] range and [-1 - +1] range.

Please I have some questions:

- What is the significance of negative values of total polarization ?
- Why the values of P_x and P_y is not  ~0 ?
- Is my calculation is true ?

Please find in attached files the BiCoO3.struct, BiCoO3.berrypi (for
non-centrosymmery case) and
BiCoO3.berrypi (for centrosymmery case).

NB: the spontaneous polarization of BiCoO3 in literature is: 179 uCm/

Thanks in advance.

---
Mostefa DJERMOUNI
Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science Laboratory
University of Sidi Bel-Abbes
22000 Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
Tel: +213 795 626 105
---




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