<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello again <br><br></div>I have repeated the calculation using the low symmetry structure and i found a close results to those of the monoclinic one.<br><br></div>I have checked the wyckoof positions and the symmetry operations of the orthorhombic  and the monoclinic structures and I have found that the later is a subgroup of the former and the only difference is the change of the lattice parameters and the atomic positions.<br><br><br></div>Here is the low symmetry structure <br><br>MnP-Pnma-afmIII2                                                                <br>P   LATTICE,NONEQUIV.ATOMS:  4                                                 <br>MODE OF CALC=RELA unit=bohr                                                    <br> 11.637501  6.731303 11.245005 90.000000 90.000000 90.000000<br>ATOM  -1: X=0.00032814 Y=0.25000000 Z=0.24996705                               <br>          MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8                                           <br>      -1: X=0.99967186 Y=0.75000000 Z=0.75003295                               <br>Ni1        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT= 2.25        Z: 28.0                   <br>LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000                             <br>                     1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>ATOM  -2: X=0.50030217 Y=0.25000000 Z=0.25003393                               <br>          MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8                                           <br>      -2: X=0.49969783 Y=0.75000000 Z=0.74996607                               <br>Ni2        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT= 2.25        Z: 28.0                   <br>LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000                             <br>                     1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>ATOM  -3: X=0.25012913 Y=0.25000000 Z=0.58455708                               <br>          MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8                                           <br>      -3: X=0.74987087 Y=0.75000000 Z=0.41544292                               <br>S 1        NPT=  781  R0=0.00010000 RMT= 1.84        Z: 16.0                   <br>LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000                             <br>                     1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>ATOM  -4: X=0.75011125 Y=0.25000000 Z=0.91545439                               <br>          MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8                                           <br>      -4: X=0.24988875 Y=0.75000000 Z=0.08454561                               <br>S 2        NPT=  781  R0=0.00010000 RMT= 1.84        Z: 16.0                   <br>LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000                             <br>                     1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>   4      NUMBER OF SYMMETRY OPERATIONS                                        <br>-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       1                                                                       <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       2                                                                       <br>-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 1 0 0.50000000                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       3                                                                       <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0-1 0 0.50000000                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       4  <br><br></div>Here is the monoclinic low symmetry structure<br><br>NiS-MnP-afmIII                                                                 <br>P   LATTICE,NONEQUIV.ATOMS:  4 11_P21/m                                        <br>MODE OF CALC=RELA unit=bohr                                                    <br> 11.262961 10.563150  7.029377 90.000000 90.000000 90.000000<br>ATOM  -1: X=0.25021227 Y=0.99991424 Z=0.25000000                               <br>          MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8                                           <br>      -1: X=0.74978773 Y=0.00008576 Z=0.75000000                               <br>Ni1        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT= 2.13        Z: 28.0                   <br>LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000                             <br>ATOM  -2: X=0.75024661 Y=0.50012576 Z=0.75000000                               <br>          MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8                                           <br>      -2: X=0.24975339 Y=0.49987424 Z=0.25000000                               <br>Ni2        NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT= 2.13        Z: 28.0                   <br>LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000                             <br>ATOM  -3: X=0.08986359 Y=0.75012482 Z=0.75000000                               <br>          MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8                                           <br>      -3: X=0.91013641 Y=0.24987518 Z=0.25000000                               <br>S 1        NPT=  781  R0=0.00010000 RMT= 1.74        Z: 16.0                   <br>LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000                             <br>ATOM  -4: X=0.41013993 Y=0.25012471 Z=0.75000000                               <br>          MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8                                           <br>      -4: X=0.58986007 Y=0.74987529 Z=0.25000000                               <br>S 2        NPT=  781  R0=0.00010000 RMT= 1.74        Z: 16.0                   <br>LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000                             <br>   4      NUMBER OF SYMMETRY OPERATIONS                                        <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       1                                                                       <br>-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.50000000                                                              <br>       2                                                                       <br>-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       3                                                                       <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.50000000                                                              <br>       4                                                                       <br><br></div>The results are as follows respectively<br><br></div>AFMIII2<br><br><pre>Equation of state: Birch-Murnaghan                info           2
 E = E0 + 9/16*(B/14703.6)*V0*[(eta**2-1)**3*BP + (eta**2-1)**2*(6-4*eta**2)]
          --> eta = (V0/V)**(1/3)
 Pressure = 3/2*B*(eta**7 - eta**5)*(1 + 3/4*(BP-4)*[eta**2 - 1])
 V0,B(GPa),BP,E0       760.8174       104.6494         4.1456     -15359.539382
         vol       energy         de(Birch-Murnaghan)  Pressure(GPa)
     762.9081   -15359.539337    -0.000025               -0.286
     739.3131   -15359.536947    -0.000163                3.184
     715.7179   -15359.528892     0.000074                7.259
     880.8836   -15359.487014     0.000040              -11.327
     786.5033   -15359.536637     0.000170               -3.244
     810.0984   -15359.529313     0.000130               -5.768
     833.6935   -15359.517895    -0.000258               -7.922
     857.2887   -15359.503959     0.000032               -9.760
                  Sigma:          0.000136<br><br></pre><pre>AFMIII<br><br>Equation of state: Birch-Murnaghan                info           2
 E = E0 + 9/16*(B/14703.6)*V0*[(eta**2-1)**3*BP + (eta**2-1)**2*(6-4*eta**2)]
          --> eta = (V0/V)**(1/3)
 Pressure = 3/2*B*(eta**7 - eta**5)*(1 + 3/4*(BP-4)*[eta**2 - 1])
 V0,B(GPa),BP,E0       755.1004       104.2740         3.9091     -15359.563916
         vol       energy         de(Birch-Murnaghan)  Pressure(GPa)
     654.2035   -15359.503937     0.000401               19.797
     633.9704   -15359.472984     0.000631               25.661
     613.7373   -15359.432112    -0.000393               32.413
     755.3690   -15359.563593    -0.000322               -0.037
     775.6021   -15359.562384     0.000357               -2.651
     795.8352   -15359.556773     0.000006               -4.944
     816.0684   -15359.548718     0.000169               -6.957
     836.3015   -15359.537517    -0.000217               -8.723
     674.4366   -15359.526506    -0.000678               14.691
     694.6697   -15359.544094    -0.000172               10.238
     714.9029   -15359.555599    -0.000020                6.348
     735.1359   -15359.562197     0.000237                2.944
                  Sigma:          0.000361<br><br></pre><pre><font size="4">Best regards</font><br></pre>                                                                     <div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div>