Re: [Pw_forum] visualization of spin polarized systems

2015-10-16 Thread Karim Elgammal
ff. > > Jaret, > ASU > > ___ > Pw_forum mailing list > Pw_forum@pwscf.org > http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum > -- Thank you and Best Regards; Yours; *Karim Elgammal* ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

Re: [Pw_forum] Fwd: band structure

2015-11-23 Thread Karim Elgammal
it wrongly, double check) - I do believe that working with the newest versions is always better, try upgrading to 5.2.1 or 5.2.0. Karim Elgammal PhD student Materials and Nanophysics KTH Sweden ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http

Re: [Pw_forum] Fwd: band structure

2015-11-23 Thread Karim Elgammal
yeah, great idea! Karim Elgammal PhD student Materials and Nanophysics KTH Sweden ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

Re: [Pw_forum] i-v characteristics

2015-11-25 Thread Karim Elgammal
parameters: http://www.quantum-espresso.org/wp-content/uploads/Doc/INPUT_PWCOND.html Karim Elgammal PhD student Materials- and Nanophysics KTH Sweden ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

[Pw_forum] Calculate total dipole moment (maybe stupid question!)

2016-01-26 Thread Karim Elgammal
0.0007 Debye > Dipole field 0. Ry au > > Potential amp. -0.0001 Ry > Total length 77.3628 bohr​ > > > > > > > > > -- > Thank you and Best Regards; > Yours; > ​,​ > *Karim Elgammal* > > *​PhD student

[Pw_forum] average.x segmentation fault

2016-01-27 Thread Karim Elgammal
hope you can help me. If there is other ways for such calculations, I would be pleased to know about. ​Karim Elgammal PhD student in KTH.​ ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

Re: [Pw_forum] average.x segmentation fault

2016-01-27 Thread Karim Elgammal
thank you so much, I have done it on the output PP files in a weighed way as the header in average.x says, and it worked.. only to confirm what I got, please correct me if I am wrong. the first column is the z direction in bohr unit the second is the average electronic charge at this specific point

Re: [Pw_forum] How to define K-Points for bands calculation of alpha quartz

2016-01-30 Thread Karim Elgammal
the method I am using, is using xcrysden visualization package. http://www.xcrysden.org/ follow steps in of the kpoints section after you load your input file ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

[Pw_forum] How to generate core excited pseudopotentials

2016-10-27 Thread Karim Elgammal
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Karim Elgammal wrote: > Dears; > "sorry if this topic, maybe repeated" > ​Maybe my question seems dump, but I was wanted to calculated the core - > level shift following the example "CLS_FS". I am using the ONCV > pseudopotent

[Pw_forum] DOS calculation, fermi energy in newer versions

2017-01-02 Thread Karim Elgammal
like VNL, I find they use the fermi energy in the NSCF not the SCF as the reference energy, while in previous posts here, the fermi energy should be the SCF calculation one. So, shall I keep it by using the SCF fermi energy or I should use the NSCF one? -- Thank you and Best Regards; Yours; *Karim

Re: [Pw_forum] silver graphene interface

2017-04-28 Thread Karim Elgammal
I believe you should use grimme correction to get a converged binding distance, you can also plot the total energies ranging along 2-4 Å and you will get a parabolic shape, with equation fitting you can get the binding distance corresponding to the minimal energy. __

Re: [Pw_forum] supercell band structure

2017-05-18 Thread Karim Elgammal
Hi Pietro! so can we get it even without QE forge account? ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

Re: [Pw_forum] Why NEGATIVE Density of State?

2017-06-02 Thread Karim Elgammal
try to specify a value for 'degauss'; maybe 0.01-0.03 Karim Elgammal PhD student at KTH ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

Re: [Pw_forum] Pseudopotentials for non-local optimized vDW-DF functionals

2017-06-09 Thread Karim Elgammal
sorry Ary for my maybe stupid question, but does this means that the Gradient Correction on Exchange is not replaced in the calculation by the one implemented in vdW-DF as well in the same fashion Gradient Correction on Correlation is replaced as well? Karim Elgammal PhD student KTH

Re: [Pw_forum] Pseudopotentials for non-local optimized vDW-DF functionals

2017-06-09 Thread Karim Elgammal
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Re: [Pw_forum] vc-relax cell parameters are not changing

2017-06-23 Thread Karim Elgammal
simply use CELL_PARAMETERS (angstrom) and delete celldm(1), the code will work from there and give you the output as CELL_PARAMETERS (angstrom) Karim Elgammal KTH ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

Re: [Pw_forum] How to use vdW-df in QE?

2017-10-24 Thread Karim Elgammal
opinions from experts here, I am just sharing my experience. Karim Elgammal KTH Sweden ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

Re: [Pw_forum] projwfc.x crashes for large cases

2017-10-26 Thread Karim Elgammal
up to my knowledge internal parallelization is not implemented yet projwfc and yeah, I do believe sufficient memory is quite important here. Karim Elgammal KTH On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Martin Gmitra wrote: > Dear QE users, > > I would like to calculate partial charges

Re: [Pw_forum] Problem with tetrahedra method for calculations DOS

2017-11-06 Thread Karim Elgammal
why are you running fixed occupation then want to switch to tetrahedra in the dos extraction? ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

Re: [Pw_forum] Computer Specification for running QE

2017-11-08 Thread Karim Elgammal
you can get memory related problems even if running in parallel..I can advice you to compile it in parallel and start with very small k-point mesh then restart the calculation with larger k-point mesh until fail so you know the limits of your PC w.r.t the problem to be solved. Karim Elgammal KTH SE

Re: [Pw_forum] Pseudo Potential selection with different methods

2017-11-12 Thread Karim Elgammal
Hi! I would recommend to use the recommendations comming out from this awesome work http://materialscloud.org/sssp/ and choose either hi-acc or efficient PP combination, they made a nice effort there in EPFL where we can use it with confidence. Karim KTH ___

Re: [Pw_forum] projwfc.x issue crashes in large scale cases

2017-11-21 Thread Karim Elgammal
use less cores per node, so you get more memory Karim KTH Sweden ___ Pw_forum mailing list Pw_forum@pwscf.org http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum

Re: [Pw_forum] convergence problem in scf calculation in rare earth oxide Sm2O3

2017-11-26 Thread Karim Elgammal
I am not experienced with such systems, but I have some comments that may help you: - convergency values are quite harsh (1e-8) try reducing it. - why not to use gaussian smearing as a start - why didn't specify value for ecutrho? - maybe starting with smaller k-point mesh then restart upon the res

Re: [Pw_forum] vdW corrections in phonon calculations

2017-12-13 Thread Karim Elgammal
e commented in the source code, Modules/funct.f90 as phonon calculations can be extensive and you are testing the waters, I suggest to use vdw_corr combined with PBE functionals then you can later use the non-local functioanls, maybe it can be more speedy in your

[QE-users] QE GPU docker at NVIDIA NGC memory hang

2021-04-22 Thread Karim Elgammal
small systems, the supplied system of ausurf doesn't work through it will be great if the docker owner can provide the config line as well! -- Thank you and Best Regards; Yours; *Karim Elgammal* researcher KTH ___ Quantum ESPRESSO is supported b

Re: [QE-users] Calculation stuck in the first iteration using meta GGA scan in QE 6.7.

2021-04-27 Thread Karim Elgammal
hi is there a specific reason for enforcing this specific PP? check the SSSP PP; with their recommended cutoffs as a starting point then maybe you can restart the same calculation with your preffered PP how is the vacuum around your molecule? On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 23:50, Karim Elgammal

[Pw_forum] NSCF stops calculating

2014-06-20 Thread Karim Elgammal
Dears; I am calculating the DOS for a structure of graphene-water system on top of SiO2 hydrogen passivated substrate. I am enabling verbosity = high to see all details, the calculation go through each k-point, but experiencing some ScaLAPACK warnings (where I found in this forum that is can be ign

[Pw_forum] NSCF stops calculating

2014-06-20 Thread Karim Elgammal
in this calculation, it stops even specifying 8x8x1 k-point mesh. On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Karim Elgammal wrote: > Dears; > I am calculating the DOS for a structure of graphene-water system on top > of SiO2 hydrogen passivated substrate. I am enabling verbosity = high to

[Pw_forum] NSCF stops calculating

2014-06-21 Thread Karim Elgammal
thank you so much! it works fine with Davidson...I only started using CG after getting some crashes with Davidson (earlier on other systems). Yours; Karim. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://pwscf.org/pipermail/pw_forum/attachments/20140621/e54c

[Pw_forum] Band Structure Calculation stops after certain number of computing kpts

2014-08-19 Thread Karim Elgammal
0.01587285710.01587285710.001.0 0.0079364286 0.00793642860.001.0 0.000.000.001.0 -- Thank you and Best Regards; *Karim Elgammal* PhD at KTH. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://pwscf.org/pipermail/pw_forum/attachments/20140819/0cdc699b/attachment.html

[Pw_forum] Band Structure Calculation stops after certain number of computing kpts

2014-08-19 Thread Karim Elgammal
Dears; sorry for my email, but I believe that problem is associated with memory usage, so, I think to overcome it, I shall specify more memory per process. sorry for inconvenience. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://pwscf.org/pipermail/pw_forum/a

[Pw_forum] Band Structure Calculation stops after certain number of computing kpts

2014-08-19 Thread Karim Elgammal
for disk_io I can't alter it to 'high' as a requirement form system administrator. I think both options can't interfere with each other. I didn't try rw86. and I think that is OK to have vdW DF2 on top of PBE pseudopotentials. Yours; Karim. -- next part -- An HTML attachmen

[Pw_forum] How to know from the output file that the GPU part is really running in QE-GPU

2014-09-18 Thread Karim Elgammal
e to be able to run on the GPU? as in the output it specifies that "Program PWSCF v.5.1 starts." with nothing specified about "GPU". Can you kindly send me example output file from the GPU enabled code as well as example shell script for running the pw-gpu? -- Th

[Pw_forum] How to know from the output file that the GPU part is really running in QE-GPU

2014-09-19 Thread Karim Elgammal
U enabled code as > well as example shell script for running the pw-gpu? > > -- > Thank you and Best Regards; > *Karim Elgammal* > *KTH* > > *Sweden* > > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://pwscf.org/pipermail/pw_forum/attachments/20140919/5b566e4a/attachment.html

[Pw_forum] How to know from the output file that the GPU part is really running in QE-GPU

2014-09-19 Thread Karim Elgammal
XK* system). You will see your > process/processes attached to the GPUs available on that node and a chunk > of the memory of the GPUs allocated to one or more instances of pw-gpu.x > > HTH > F > > > On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:13 PM, Karim Elgammal wrote > > Dears;

[Pw_forum] starting from file

2014-09-25 Thread Karim Elgammal
this maybe due to restarting after a crashed or uncompleted job. also maybe due to exceeding your quota on the cluster. Yours; Karim KTH. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://pwscf.org/pipermail/pw_forum/attachments/20140925/99fd2597/attachment.ht