[Wien] Move origin of supercell
Peter Blaha
pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at
Fri Aug 15 08:53:36 CEST 2008
After x supercell you must "modify" the resulting struct file.
Possible modifications depend on the purpose of your supercell
calculations, eg. replace/remove an atom (or "mark" one with labelling
an atom as eg. "Ti1", eventually after "splitting" equivalent
positions); or displace some atoms, .....
You cannot do a supercell calculation without modifications, i.e.
reducing the symmetry. I bet, sgroup would have reduced your structure
back to the original one.
Dear Wien2k users!
I have generated a 2x2x2 supercell from a hexagonal lattice. Upon
initializing the calculation and after "copy struct_st" I get a warning
"You must move the origin (see file *.outputs)"
In the outputs file (given below) I fing that "PGBSYM: SPACE GROUP
CONTAINS INVERSION
BUT ATOMS SHOULD BE SHIFTED BY 2.51292470 1.45083775
12.96923800"
There are also some errors to be found further down the file. E.g. :
"---------- ERROR ------------------
The (multiplicity of this atom)*(number of pointgroup-operations) is NOT
= (number of spacegroup-operations)
MULT: 16 ISYM: 12 NSYM 24
Check your struct file with sgroup -wien case.struct
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Peter Blaha
Inst. Materials Chemistry, TU Vienna
Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060 Vienna, Austria
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email: pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at
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