Re: [Pw_forum] LDA, PBE and PBEsol and Cohesive energy

2014-10-25 Thread Elliot Menkah
Thanks Giuseppe. I think tested for the convergence of ecutrho (as I had not done that earlier) to obtain an optimum value which is actaully giving good results in comparison to experimental data. On 10/23/2014 11:56 AM, Giuseppe Mattioli wrote: > Dear Elliot > >> Problem 1 > Ni.pbesol-n-

Re: [Pw_forum] LDA, PBE and PBEsol and Cohesive energy

2014-10-25 Thread Elliot Menkah
Thank Prof. Marzari you for pointing me in the right direction. I also looked up the lectures. And I'm ansciously waitng for the the https://molmod.ugent.be/deltacodesdftto get back online. On 10/23/2014 11:40 AM, Nicola Marzari wrote: > > Dear Elliot, > > Problem 1 > the trend LDA <

Re: [Pw_forum] LDA, PBE and PBEsol and Cohesive energy

2014-10-23 Thread Giuseppe Mattioli
Dear Elliot > Problem 1 Ni.pbesol-n-kjpaw_psl.0.1.UPF ecutwfc = 40.0 ecutrho = 320.0, Have you tried to reach convergence wrt ecutwfc and ecutrho? The above Ni PAW pseudopotential (PAW, not US) may require higher cutoffs. > Problem 2 > I added 15 15 15 Ang t

Re: [Pw_forum] LDA, PBE and PBEsol and Cohesive energy

2014-10-23 Thread Nicola Marzari
Dear Elliot, Problem 1 the trend LDA < PBEsol < PBE is typical, so it all looks good. The two questions are: 1) VERIFICATION: is e.g. my PBE result, done with pseudopotentials, correct? I don't know, but once this website is back online https://molmod.ugent.be/deltacodesdft you cou

[Pw_forum] LDA, PBE and PBEsol and Cohesive energy

2014-10-23 Thread Elliot Menkah
Hello everyone, Problem 1 --- I'm computing for lattice constant and comparing the employment of exchange correlation ultra-soft pp such as LDA, PBE and PBEsol. I know LDA would underestimate the lattice parameter, PBE would overestimate it but PBEsol should do b