Re: [Pw_forum] Phonon of ScN

2016-04-24 Thread Ari P Seitsonen
Dear Sohail Ahmad, Did you treat the LO-TO splitting? The material seems to have very large splitting, in the article that you cite 335 cm-1, even if the band gap is very small. If not, you can see for example the end of http://people.sissa.it/~degironc/QE-Tutorial/tutorial_phon.htm on how

Re: [Pw_forum] more patches

2016-04-24 Thread Ari P Seitsonen
Dear David [affiliation?], Paolo et alia, Just an innocent question: How many compilers do _not_ have an internal pre-processor these days or are not able to use an external one? I was compiling .F90 files some 10-15 years ago with automatic pre-processing, without the need of intermediate

Re: [Pw_forum] more patches

2016-04-24 Thread Filippo SPIGA
Hello David, we will take into account this issue but not for this release. For the next one scheduled in September will try to address this problem with OSX case-insensistive file-systems. We will do our own testing to make sure nothing breaks. Cheers On Apr 24, 2016, at 7:32 PM, David

Re: [Pw_forum] more patches

2016-04-24 Thread David Strubbe
Hi Paolo, My point about cpp is: Octopus (and some other codes) have been using this approach for many years on a variety of platforms. So, I don't see any reason it would cause trouble for any compilers. The issue for OSX I mention is related to the filesystem and is independent of the compiler.

[Pw_forum] Walter Kohn prize for quantum-mechanical molecular modelling

2016-04-24 Thread Stefano Baroni
Dear Colleagues, I would be grateful if you could spread the news and solicit nominations for the newly established Walter Kohn Prize in quantum-mechanical materials and molecular modeling. The Prize is for an under-45 scientist from a developing or emerging country. Deadline: 31 May 2016.