Re: [Wien] stability issue

2017-12-22 Thread chin Sabsu
Dear Sir Xavier and Gerhard, Thank you very much for making my understanding a little bit clear. This query is in continuation of my past queries. I shall mention here that, I am reproducing a paper and I took optimised lattice parameters from the literature paper and the initialisation and scf

Re: [Wien] stability issue

2017-12-22 Thread Fecher, Gerhard
Isn't it simply possible that the binaries AO + BO2 are more stable than the ternary ABO3 ? BTW.: you find tons of papers where quaternaries or ternaries are predicted to exist even so the binaries (possibly in combination with elements) are more stable and a phase separation will occur. Ciao

Re: [Wien] stability issue

2017-12-22 Thread Xavier Rocquefelte
Dear Chin Your question is a little aside from the WIENLIST. Indeed, it is thermodynamics. In equation 1, you evaluate the enthalpie of formation of the compound ABO3 from the reactants AO and BO2 using internal energies. Indeed, you neglect the volumetric effect (P deltaV). From your DFT

[Wien] stability issue

2017-12-22 Thread chin Sabsu
Dear Sir, I am working on the system ABO3 .  I have calculated formation energy in two ways: Delta_E= Et[ABO3]  - Et[AO]  - Et[BO2]  -- (1)  Delta_E= Et[ABO3] - Et[A] - Et[B] - 3/2Et[O2]    - (2) The Delta_E is positive 0.04 Ry from Eq (1) while is negative from Eq 2.   Why is the