[Wien] case.klist_band for band structure calculation having R-3c spacegroup

Peter Blaha pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at
Sun May 15 20:14:53 CEST 2016


You have to read the message from xcrysden more carefully: It says for 
this SG the "labelling" of k-points (Gamma - X- R - ...) is not supported.

Otherwise it works, but you have to label the k-points yourself (eg. by 
comparison with the BZ displayd in the Bilbao crystallographic server).

Both, 1) and 2) are wrong.

Am 15.05.2016 um 19:18 schrieb saurabh singh:
> Dear All Wien2k users,
>
> We want to calculate the band structure of LaCoO3 compound. The space
> group of this compound is R-3c (No. 167). In the Wien2k user manual, it
> is suggested for R lattice to use rhombohedral coordinates. Therefore we
> made the case.structure file using lattice parameters a=b= 10.2541 Bohr,
> c= 24.5494, alpha=beta=90 degree, gamma = 120 degree, and converted
> rhombohedral coordinates for each atom. When we try to make
> case.klist_band file by selecting the case.structure folder path in
> xcrysden, it says " the guessed bravais lattice type: not supported (the
> XSF's group number is 7). We tried the two different way to get the
> case.klist_band as follows:
>
> 1) Firstly, we have changed the lattice parameters in case.structure
> file in accordance to rhombohedral structure. We thought if the lattice
> parameters and atomic coordinate both will be accordance to rhombohedral
> then xcrysden can recognize the case.struct file. But again case.struct
> file does not recognized by xcrysden.
>
> 2) Secondly, we took the hcp.klist file given in wien2k SRC folder,
> which is as follows:
> GAMMA  0    0    0   40  2.0-0.5 1.5       Template for hcp structure
>               1    0    0   40  2.0
>               2    0    0   40  2.0
>               3    0    0   40  2.0
>               4    0    0   40  2.0
>               5    0    0   40  2.0
>               6    0    0   40  2.0
>               7    0    0   40  2.0
>               8    0    0   40  2.0
>               9    0    0   40  2.0
> SIGMA  10    0    0   40  2.0
>              11    0    0   40  2.0
>              12    0    0   40  2.0
>              13    0    0   40  2.0
>              14    0    0   40  2.0
>              15    0    0   40  2.0
>              16    0    0   40  2.0
>              17    0    0   40  2.0
>              18    0    0   40  2.0
>              19    0    0   40  2.0
> M            20    0    0   40  2.0
>              29    2    0   60  2.0
>              28    4    0   60  2.0
>              27    6    0   60  2.0
>              26    8    0   60  2.0
>              25   10    0   60  2.0
>              24   12    0   60  2.0
>              23   14    0   60  2.0
>              22   16    0   60  2.0
>              21   18    0   60  2.0
> K           20   20    0   60  2.0
>              19   19    0   60  2.0
>              18   18    0   60  2.0
>              17   17    0   60  2.0
>              16   16    0   60  2.0
>              15   15    0   60  2.0
>              14   14    0   60  2.0
>              13   13    0   60  2.0
>              12   12    0   60  2.0
>              11   11    0   60  2.0
> LAMBDA10   10    0   60  2.0
>               9    9    0   60  2.0
>               8    8    0   60  2.0
>               7    7    0   60  2.0
>               6    6    0   60  2.0
>               5    5    0   60  2.0
>               4    4    0   60  2.0
>               3    3    0   60  2.0
>               2    2    0   60  2.0
>               1    1    0   60  2.0
> GAMMA  0    0    0   60  2.0
>               0    0    1   20  2.0
>               0    0    2   20  2.0
>               0    0    3   20  2.0
>               0    0    4   20  2.0
> DELTA    0    0    5   20  2.0
>               0    0    6   20  2.0
>               0    0    7   20  2.0
>               0    0    8   20  2.0
>               0    0    9   20  2.0
> A            0    0   10   20  2.0
> END
>
> We renamed this hcp.klist file as case.klist_band and used it for band
> structure calculation. The calculated band structure gives the indirect
> band gap which is almost equal to the band gap obtained from SCF
> calculation.
>
> My question is, whether we can use the hcp.klist (given in Wien2k SRC
> folder) as case.klist_band for band structure calculation if the
> compound have R-3c space group and having the hexagonal lattice
> parameter and rhombohedral atomic coordinate in the case.struct file.
> Please let me know I am doing right or there is some different way to do
> it.
>
>
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