<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all,</div><div><br></div><div><div>As far as I know the density of states (DOS) is generally defined as the number of electron states per unit volume per unit energy which simply means that the unit of DOS should be states/(cm^3 eV) or states/(\AA^3 eV) in agreement with unit 1/(m^3 J) given for DOS in IUPAC Green Book - Solid states section. Nevertheless, the unit assigned for DOS in most of the literatures as well as here in Wien2k is just states/eV (or state/energy) so that the 1/volume is somehow missing! </div><div>So, I would be so thankful if one could elaborate where I am wrong and what the proper unit for DOS is?</div><div>One more issue (at least for me) is the concepts such as `` Projected DOS'', `` Partial DOS'' and `` Local DOS'' which are heavily intermixed in literatures, so, would you please let me know what the differences among Projected, Partial and Local DOS are? And where each should be used? </div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_2809564328118095422m_-2244114424880996233gmail-m_3876109070899285082gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Best regards,</div><div dir="ltr"><br>
Salman Zarrini</div></div><div>Chemical Engineering Department</div><div>Drexel University</div><div>Philadelphia, PA, US.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>