Questions tagged [vasp]
For questions about use of the Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package (VASP).
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Find the value of density of states at the Fermi energy using VASP
VASP has a tag NEDOS, which helps specify the # of points on which the DoS is evaluated. Other than that, we have EMIN and EMAX, which help decide the range of ...
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Create doped structures to POSCAR files for vasp
I have a perfect supercell structure Ni fcc. And I would like to dope another element O or N with a ratio of O:Ni=8:100 to the supercell of 3x3x3 and find the most stable ordering structure. The ...
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Converge number of layers of atoms or number of unit cells for adsorption calculations?
I'm trying to calculate the adsorption energies of various adsorbates on Fe2O3 surfaces (although, with there being many possible surfaces for Fe2O3 it is quite complex, but that's for another time...)...
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Electron Affinity of Semiconductors via DFT
Can we calculate electron affinity of a semiconductor (e.g., for Si) using density functional theory calculations in VASP? Which calculations are needed to compute electron affinity and band offsets?
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Binding energy calculation for Zn atom on armchair graphene slab?
I am trying to repeat the result of this paper for Zn absorbed on the armchair graphene slab.
The relaxed top and side structures are the following:
The relaxed structure is almost the same as the ...
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How to set vacuum space for slabs?
Let's say I want to work with the slabs, and I want to add 20 Angstrom vacuum space. Do I need just to set lattice parameter c=20 and k-point 1 in this direction?
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Suggested cutoff for high level VASP calculations
I am new at VASP, and apparently, cutoff convergence is not something like kpoint convergence. Is using ENCUT=1.5xENMAX can be justified? For RPA, GW and MP2 ...
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k-points: Odd vs. Even
As mysterious as k-points are, why is there a cut-off for an odd and even k-mesh preference?
On the VASP wiki page titled, "Number of k points and method for smearing", they say results when ...
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how to create an effective INCAR setting in VASP for a heterostructure calculation
I am a beginner of using VASP to do material Modelling. I have made a heterostructure model written in the form of POSCAR file. But the supercell is too big (it contains 60 atom) so that the ...
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Why are there some residual magnetic moment on the zigzag graphene nanoribbon passivated with H atom?
I am considering the relaxation for the following zigzag graphene nanoribbon.
Here the boundary of the zigzag graphene(C: brown) nanoribbon has been passivated with one H atom. I have performed the ...
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What's the crystal orbital Hamiltonian population?
What's the crystal orbital Hamiltonian population (COHP) or the crystal orbital overlap population (COOP)? What's the relation between the bandstructure or density of states (DOS) and COHP/COOP? Why ...
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When should spin polarized calculations be done?
Should the presence of a d block element in the unit cell mandate the need for performing spin-polarized calculations? I wanted to find out the DOS, PDOS, and the band structure. I'm new to DFT and I'...
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VASP's NPAR and KPAR for parallelization
What's the best way for parallelization in VASP for periodic systems? In the documentation, it mostly explains it for the local computer and molecule calculation. Apparently, these explanations don't ...
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Inconsistent data of chemical potential from different papers
I am looking for chemical potential from literature:
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acceptable range of stretching of a lattice unit cell when we do the heterostructure
Currently, I have to put two different materials together to form a heterostructure. I've already transformed the unit cell of material A from trigonal to cubic. Now the unit cell has a rectangular ...
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Different energies for two different geometries where only the monolayer c lattice constant is different?
I carried out a simple single-point PBE calculation on two different graphene monolayers (only c is different) using VASP with 12x12x1 k-grid.
Geometry 1:
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Choosing RAM, CPU time, # of cores, and other parameters for an MD run
I did an AIMD run in VASP using 64 cores (32 cores/node) and 250 GB of memory (125 GB/node) for 5 ps (1 fs time step). The calculation took 12.6 hours to complete. CPU efficiency was 99.7% and memory ...
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How to use coherent-potential approximation (CPA) method in VASP?
I found there are very few tutorials regarding how to use the CPA method in VASP. Are there any nice materials available?
Also what are the pros and cons of CPA and VCA? If CPA is more reliable then ...
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Constraining coordination or bond lengths for certain atoms in VASP
I have a structure composed of many MX4 tetrahedral units. When doing MD on this structure I find that just one M atom moves into a trigonal planar coordination (MX3). I was wondering how to set ...
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Problem related to the calculation of elastic constant with VASP5.4.4
I am using VASP5.4.4 to calculate the mechanical properties of the cubic phase SnTe. The structure can be found in the materials project website.
In detail, I use the following INCAR to calculate the ...
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Evaluate the orbital magnetic dipole moment within the PAW sphere
In general, the orbital magnetic dipole moment operator is defined as:
$$- {e\over2} \mathbf{r \times v} \tag{1}$$
$\mathbf{v=p}/m$ is true only for simple Hamiltonian like $-1/2\ \nabla^2+V$, but not ...
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How to implement scissor-correction in VASP to study optical properties?
It is mentioned here that
It is possible to correct for the DFT band gap error by introducing an empirical scissors correction, which is effectively a rigid shift of the conduction band with respect ...
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How to start with biaxial tensile strain and compressive strain in TMDCs using VASP?
Good morning!
I would like to test the biaxial tensile strain and compressive strain in a hexagonal material from the TMDC group (for example HfS2).
How to get it into VASP?
What are the best ways to ...
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Best practice(s) for q-points convergence in phonon density of states calculations
The answer can be a complete description of all the things we must be attentive to while converging q-points.
A peculiar thing that I feel contradicted about: Generally, we don't take an equal # of k-...
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Should all q-points in the first Brillouin zone be sampled in phonon density of states calculations?
For electronic density of states (DoS) calculations with VASP, it is recommended that VASP's internal symmetry routine is turned ...
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External magnetic field in VASP?
I have never found any tags or documentation regarding external magnetic field in VASP but in different well known published articles$^1$, the implementation of the external magnetic field by VASP has ...
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How to perform virtual crystal approximation calculations in VASP?
Can someone share appropriate tags and methods to perform virtual crystal approximation calculations in VASP?
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Incorporation of empty d-electrons of a p-block element in calculations in VASP?
Is it possible to incorporate the empty d-orbitals of a p-block element (suppose it is chlorine) into a VASP calculation?
If yes, what is the standard procedure to incorporate these orbitals.
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AIMD and velocity scaling in VASP
Typically one does velocity scaling to "heat" their sample with MD.
How do we do this in VASP? Is it by setting the SMASS=-1 and ...
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Effect of ISYM tag on Partial Density of States (VASP version < 6)
This is from the entry for LORBIT in the VASP Wiki.
For LORBIT >= 11 and ...
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Parallelization in VASP
I have a system that has 1 k-point, 54 atoms, NBANDS=152, and NGZ=80. I'm running an AIMD simulation on VASP version 5.4.4
The ...
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Input constraints while comparing different DFT calculated properties for the same material but different atomic arrangement
Let's consider a fictitious AB type binary alloy. AB is known to exist in a B2 type ordered ...
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How to start with structural defects in monolayer?
First of all, thank you for your help!
You are so helpful every time.
I would like to calculate the influence of the structural defects on the electronic structure in the HfS2 monolayer. With VESTA ...
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Geometry optimization for n-layers in VASP
What is the best way to optimize monolayer geometry in VASP?
Should the same method be used for an n-layer (n=2,3,4,5)?
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Which properties of a material calculated using density functional theory are affected by smearing?
Smearing (smearing width $\sigma$, to be precise) has always been confusing. I understand what it is but can't pin it down when it comes to DFT calculations. Should it be converged like k-points and ...
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k-points convergence for spin polarised vs non-polarised DFT calculations
Spin-polarised calculations come at a computational cost and I tend to take ISPIN = 2 only after I'm done with a proper initial relaxation of the structure, so the ...
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Band Structure mBJ-LDA using Vasp
I tried to create a band structure for mBJ-LDA using VASP. I found information that the KPOINTS file should be created according to the "0-weight (Fake) SC procedure" (as for HSE)
I have a ...
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What are some good band-structure/DOS plotting tools/styles?
I am currently using p4vasp for drawing DOS and band-structure plots, but it is not much handy in modifying the OUTPUTS. Could you please suggest any other good software or tools for that?
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How to make a good HSE06 bandstructure for TMDC monolayer material (e.g.: WS2) in terms of VASP calculation INPUTS?
I want to perform HSE06 band-structure calculation of a WS2 monolayerwhich has the following POSCAR with ...
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How to generate KPOINTS file for HSE06 band-structure calculations?
I have had a look at the example of Silicon provided here
in the WIKIVASP website, and I noticed that the KPOINTS file used for ...
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What is the difference between Ultrasoft, ONCV and PAW Pseudopotentials? Which is better for a spin-orbit coupled calculation?
I am trying to do spin-orbit coupled calculations for various topological insulators. I have found papers using Quantum Espresso with ONCV pseudopotentials and papers using VASP with PAW ...
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Is it okay to take a cubic Monkhorst-Pack k-mesh for a non-cubic supercell in a DFT calculation?
Assume that the numbers of k-points in each direction are sufficient.
Example - Lengths of lattice vectors: $2\: 2\: 4$
Required k-mesh: $9\times 9\times 5$
Would a $9\times 9\times 9$ k-mesh work? ...
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Moving from VASP to CASTEP for bulk crystal and surface calculations
Can someone that works with CASTEP and VASP explain to me how a workflow might change between the two programs? I am very familiar with VASP but have not used CASTEP before.
As an example, assuming ...
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k-points and ENCUT convergence tests before or after relaxation?
Let's say I want to relax a structure using VASP. K-points and ENCUT convergence tests must be conducted before or after relaxation? and which tags should be ...
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How to make a k-point convergence test for a bulk structure with a lower k-point in the z-direction?
Let's say I want to make k-point convergence test for graphite. And let's say it converges at 12x12x4.
Do I first need to do a k-point convergence test for equal k-points on xyz directions then make ...
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What resources are available to learn how to do something in VASP?
Apart from what is obvious (from a Google Search), what are the various resources available if I want to learn how to do something in VASP (for example, starting an HSE06 calculation)?
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Why is VASP so popular for 2D materials?
I have seen that in many articles of 2D materials calculations that VASP is the most used one among DFT codes. Could please explain to me why?
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How to create a POSCAR for hexagonal structure for VASP calculations?
The method that I am following in creating a hexagonal lattice POSCAR file is by downloading it from https://materialsproject.org/ website. Now, I want to learn how to create it manually starting from ...
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How to extract lattice constants a and c from relaxed hexagonal structure using VASP?
Taking a bulk WS$_2$ (bilayer) structure and relaxing it with ISIF=3 and IVDW=10 (DFT-D2 method) using the VASP code. Then ...
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Best vdW correction functional for transition metal dichalcogenides
For relaxation of transition metal dichalcogenides (e.g.: WS2) using the VASP code, what is the best choice for vdW correction method (e.g.: DFT-D2, DFT-D3 or optB88-vdW) that can give you good ...
