Thanks a lot for the info. I got the idea. So does it mean that if i want to 
calculate LUMO do i have to add 1 to the HOMO so that the code can print the 
LUMO level?

On Jun 28, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Layla Martin-Samos <lmartinsamos at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Dear Gulcin, first you need to know of many electrons you have. Carbon, with 
> only valence electrons means 4 electrons for each carbon (you have this 
> information in the pseudopotential file). Then you have to count two 
> electrons (spin up spin down) per band. If your system has 25 electrons then 
> you have 12 bands with two electrons and one band with only 1 electron. You 
> should read a text book on solid state physics such as Ashcroft and Mermin. 
> 
> For input pp.x, if you write kband = 10 , print in xsf format the "orbital" 
> corresponding to this band. Supose you have a molecule like SiH4 -> 8 
> electrons -> 4 occupied bands. If you run pw.x wihtout nband = .... Then the 
> code computes the energy and wave-functions only for the occupied bands (the 
> 4 occupied bands). Then if you wirte in pp.x input kband=4 it will print the 
> "orbital" called HOMO --> the "last" occupied wavefunction/electronic state.
> 
> best regards
> 
> Layla
> 
> 2012/6/28 Gulcin Tetiker <gkucukdalyan at gmail.com>
> Thank you. It solve the problem. Could you please tell me how did you get 17?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jun 28, 2012, at 10:53 AM, giannozz at democritos.it wrote:
> 
> > Quoting Gulcin Tetiker <gkucukdalyan at gmail.com>:
> >
> >> Thanks Duy. I changed it to 25 but it still gives error.
> >
> > of course it does: your input produces 17 bands
> >
> > Paolo
> >
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