[Pw_forum] Volume collapses when using vc-relax

2014-07-02 Thread Mutlu COLAKOGULLARI
Dear Michael Ruggiero, If you are facing problems during preparation of an input from CIF file, you can use gdis code (http://gdis.sourceforge.net/ ; version 0.99). Open CIF file with gdis and then save as 'filename.pwi'. The code understand the extension 'pwi' and prepare a simple input file f

[Pw_forum] Volume collapses when using vc-relax

2014-07-01 Thread Paolo Giannozzi
If I correctly decrypt your CIF file, there are two naphthalene units per unit cell, one at (0,0,0) and one at (1/2,1/2,0) in crystal axis. Your input contains just one. This seems to be confirmed by the attached quick test (syntax "1/2+0.118382504" is accepted for atomic coordinates). You can us

[Pw_forum] Volume collapses when using vc-relax

2014-06-30 Thread Michael Ruggiero
Hello everybody, After recently attending the QE workshop at Penn State, I have been trying to use QE to fully optimize organic structures. I did not have any issues trying to fully optimize oxalic acid (a small organic molecule) and its related dihydrate. However, I have been trying to get nap