Re: [QE-users] Band unfolding code recommendations

2020-01-13 Thread Pietro BonfĂ 
Dear Dominik, I firmly believe that you should opt for implementing the new XML scheme inside BundUP or, if lacking time, use OLD_XML with QE 6.3 as already suggested. That being said, stimulated by your question, I went back to the code I wrote a few years ago as an exercise:

[QE-users] Polarization of 2D Ferroelectric Berry Phase Method

2020-01-13 Thread Atanu Kumar Saha
Hi all, I want to calculate the spontaneous polarization of a 2D material using Berry Phase method. However, I am facing some lacking in understanding the following issues. 1. If gdir=3 (z-axis) and nppstr = 5, in this case it will take 5 k-points along z axis. However, for 2D materials kz

Re: [QE-users] Band unfolding code recommendations

2020-01-13 Thread Oleksandr Motornyi
Hi Dominik, I did give it ago about 1.5 years ago with QE6.3 if I remember correctly compiled with the OLD_XML flag (it was dropped in later releases), so I believe that unless you need some very new features you probably can use slightly older version. Best regards, On 13/01/2020 16:55,

[QE-users] Band unfolding code recommendations

2020-01-13 Thread Dominik Gresch
Dear QE community, I am looking for recommendations as to which code to use for unfolding a supercell band structure. I did find the BandUP code (https://github.com/band-unfolding/bandup), but it seems the code does not support the new XML format of Quantum Espresso. Does anyone know of an