[Wien] Graphene bandstructure

[Michael Sluydts]

While I haven't done any graphene calculations, one of the typical 
issues in bandgap discrepancies is also the existence of strain. Ensure 
your lateral lattice parameters are optimized using your current 
functional so that you're certain you are looking at the band structure 
of the energetic minimum. Of course don't optimize the vacuum or you'll 
end up with graphite...

Best regards,

Michael Sluydts

Op 22/12/2015 om 17:43 schreef Islam, Md F:
> Thanks, for your reply. I have used a vacuum of 30 bohr but I can
> try with larger vacuum to check if it makes any difference.
>
>
> Fhokrul
>
>
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> Hi,
>
> For graphene, you need to add vacuum in the z-direction in order to
> avoid interactions between the periodically repeated monolayers.
> Maybe the vacuum that you used is not large enough.
>
> F. Tran
>
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, Islam, Md F wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>      I am trying to do a bandstructure calculation of graphene to check if I can
>> reproduce results discussed in literature (I am using a unit cell of 2 atoms).
>> With spin-orbit coupling, there should be a gap of the order of few micro-eV
>> and without spin-orbit, there should not be any gap at Dirac point. But I am
>> getting a gap of meV even without spin-orbit. I tried both GGA and LDA with
>> very dense mesh but the gap does not close. So I am wondering if anyone
>> have any suggestion about how to do it in Wien2k.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Fhokrul
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