21 September 2021 4 5K Report

Hello Everyone,

Iam trying to do the spin polarisation calculation using quantum espresso.

I tested BCC - Fe and it works by adding

nspin=2, starting_magnetisation=0.5

But for the material under research which contains four atoms it giving the total_magnetization =0 in the output file .

I did the same calculation with ELK code and the final value there is about 3.5 Bohr magneton.

I tried to reproduce the same with espresso by giving a starting magnetisation to each atoms but still it doesn't work with Quantum espresso.

Any tips that what we should keep in mind while doing such calculations. Like choice of pseudopotential, recommended values of parameters.

Thanks,

Abhinav Nag

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