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## Optimum HSE mixing parameter (AEXX) for MgO
## Optimum HSE mixing parameter (AEXX) for MgO
## Expt gap = 7.8 eV
## Expt gap = 7.8 eV
## fit gap wrt. AEXX  
## fit gap wrt. 0<AEXX<1
## Compue the bandgap using different value of AEXX
## in the range (0,1) and find the value which lead to
## the best agreement with the experimental gap
## hint: the gap grows lineraly with AEXX
## hint: the gap grows lineraly with AEXX
## Better preconverge with PBE first!
## Better preconverge with PBE first!

Revision as of 15:41, 8 June 2012

Description: find optimum HSE mixing parameter for MgO


  • INCAR
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## Optimum HSE mixing parameter (AEXX) for MgO
## Expt gap = 7.8 eV
## fit gap wrt. 0<AEXX<1
## Compue the bandgap using different value of AEXX 
## in the range (0,1) and find the value which lead to
## the best agreement with the experimental gap 
## hint: the gap grows lineraly with AEXX
## Better preconverge with PBE first!
##############################################

## Selects the HSE06 hybrid function
#LHFCALC = .TRUE. ; HFSCREEN = 0.2 ; AEXX=0.25  
#ALGO = D ; TIME = 0.4 

## Leave this in
ISMEAR =  0
SIGMA  =  0.01
GGA    = PE

  • KPOINTS
k-points
0
Gamma
  4  4  4
  0  0  0
  • POSCAR
MgO
-18.79350000000000000000
0.5 0.5 0.0
0.0 0.5 0.5
0.5 0.0 0.5
1 1
cart
0.00 0.00 0.00
0.50 0.0 0.0
  • script to extract G-eigenvalues and calculate the bandgap
grep "      4     " OUTCAR | head -8 | \
awk 'BEGIN{i=1}{a[i]=$2 ; i=2} END{for (j=1;j<i;j++) print j,a[j]}' > vband.dat
grep "      5     " OUTCAR | head -8 | \
awk 'BEGIN{i=1}{a[i]=$2 ; i=2} END{for (j=1;j<i;j++) print j,a[j]}' > cband.dat

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