[Wien] setup of slab calculation
Steven Homolya
steven.homolya at spme.monash.edu.au
Wed Sep 15 10:23:54 CEST 2004
Torsten Andersen wrote:
>>
>> Q1) The .struct file has to have the coordinates specified as positive
>> ratios of the unit cell parameters, i.e. they are relative to the unit
>> cell parameters. If I am doing the slab calculation, and I want to
>> increase the amount of vacuum, that makes one of my cell parameters
>> larger. Does that mean I need to change the relative coordinates of
>> the atoms by hand? I could write something to do this, but is there
>> some utility that does that allready? Or, am I totally out to lunch
>> on this?
>
>
> This is correct. I don't know of any existing programs for that. I do it
The "supercell" script that comes with wien2k will do the job.
Steve
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