<div dir="auto">That means that the cubic phase is not stable at T=0 for the functional you have chosen. This may be correct or incorrect, it is not uncommon (e.g. SrTiO3 with PBE).<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">_____<br>Professor Laurence Marks<br>"Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought", Albert Szent-Györgyi<br><a href="http://www.numis.northwestern.edu">www.numis.northwestern.edu</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 06:37 fatima DFT <<a href="mailto:fatimadft5@gmail.com">fatimadft5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Sir</div><div>No Sir!!!</div><div>I mean, the original system is lower in energy but the phonon band structure has some soft modes.</div><div>When I apply a compressive strain, the soft mode disappears.</div><div>I am sorry if you found my previous query a bit confusing.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Fatima</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 5:01 PM Laurence Marks <<a href="mailto:laurence.marks@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">laurence.marks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>If I understand you correctly, your system is lower in energy for a slightly smaller lattice parameter. This is not unusual, and depends upon what functional you use. It is standard to calculate using the cell parameters that minimize the dft energy.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Is this right? What is the relevance of "right"? Doing phonons for a non dft-equilibrium cell is obvious GIGO. Beyond that to band etc there is no "right".<br><br><div dir="auto">_____<br>Professor Laurence Marks<br>"Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought", Albert Szent-Györgyi<br><a href="http://www.numis.northwestern.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.numis.northwestern.edu</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 06:22 fatima DFT <<a href="mailto:fatimadft5@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">fatimadft5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I want to extend my question for band, doss, optical properties as well.<div><br></div><div>One important thing is that the total energy is more negative for the original system by 0.65 eV when I apply 2.5% compressive strain and 2.8 eV when I apply 5% compressive strain.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 3:33 PM fatima DFT <<a href="mailto:fatimadft5@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">fatimadft5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>I am dealing with a cubic 3D perovskite system.</div><div>With its original lattice parameters, the system shows negative frequencies.</div><div>At some 1% lattice strain, the system becomes dynamically stable (no +ve frequency).</div><div><br></div><div>My question is: Should I calculate elastic constant at the lattice parameters where the system is dynamically stable or should I consider the case with its original lattice parameters (fully optimized geometry with no strain)?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you</div><div>Fatima</div></div>
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