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Kpt boundaries for cubic supercell

I have a question on how to make a supercell in abinit. I am trying to calculate the EBS of a cubic perovskite supercell (2x2x2 cubic STO). The geometry information can be found on the MP here. I need ...
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VESTA using command line

Can anyone please show me how to make a supercell with VESTA using a single command line without opening a GUI.
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supercell nscf kpoints for optical properties

I am calculating the optical properties of 200 atoms supercell with quantum espresso. What is the approximate number of the nscf kpoints (nk nk nk)should I start with, to avoid lengthy kpoints ...
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How can I correctly create the input files for DOS and Optical Properties of a supercell using Quantum ESPRESSO?

I have a unit cell, and I want to create a 3x3x3 supercell. Please, I need guidance on how to create properly the input files for Density of States (DOS) calculation (SCF and NSCF) and the input files ...
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Confusion in primitive, conventional and supercell crystal structure

I am doing the DFT calculations in Quantum ESPRESSO code. I have 2 different pwscf input file of the same crystal. I am confused which one is representing primitive, conventional and supercell ...
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