Hello,
I'm sorry if this is a repeat question but I went through the forums and
none of the solutions worked.

I am trying to calculate the band structure of Adamantane and it just gives
me lots of straight lines. I've correctly checked the structure and DOS
from it.

My fdf file is below. If someone could please have a look at it, and advice
on how to get the correct dispersive band structure, it would be really a
great help.

Thanks!

Pranjal Bordia
Physics Ph.D.
Stanford University

#
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# FDF for Adamantane
#
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SystemName          ada
SystemLabel         ada
NumberOfAtoms       26
NumberOfSpecies     2

%block ChemicalSpeciesLabel
 1  6  C
 2  1  H
%endblock ChemicalSpeciesLabel

LatticeConstant 9.42 Ang

%block LatticeVectors
  0.500  0.500  0.000
  0.500  0.000  0.500
  0.500  0.500  0.000
%endblock LatticeVectors

AtomicCoordinatesFormat   ScaledCartesian

%block AtomicCoordinatesAndAtomicSpecies
  0.000   0.000   0.000    1   C
  0.000   0.163   0.000    1   C
  0.132   0.216   0.077    1   C
  0.265   0.163   0.000    1   C
  0.265   0.000   0.000    1   C
  0.132  -0.053  -0.077    1   C
  0.000  -0.053   0.153    1   C
  0.132   0.000   0.231    1   C
  0.265  -0.053   0.153    1   C
  0.132   0.163   0.232    1   C
  0.265  -0.170   0.153    2   H
  0.361  -0.015   0.210    2   H
  0.038   0.200   0.288    2   H
 -0.095  -0.038  -0.056    2   H
  0.000   0.200  -0.111    2   H
 -0.094   0.200   0.060    2   H
  0.132   0.332   0.077    2   H
  0.360   0.200   0.056    2   H
  0.265   0.200  -0.110    2   H
  0.360  -0.038  -0.056    2   H
  0.132  -0.170  -0.078    2   H
  0.132  -0.015  -0.185    2   H
  0.000  -0.170   0.153    2   H
 -0.094  -0.015   0.209    2   H
  0.132  -0.038   0.331    2   H
  0.221   0.200   0.288    2   H
%endblock AtomicCoordinatesAndAtomicSpecies

# SCF options
MaxSCFIterations       20           # Maximum number of SCF iter
DM.MixingWeight       0.1           # New DM amount for next SCF cycle
DM.Tolerance          1.d-3         # Tolerance in maximum difference
                                    # between input and output DM
DM.UseSaveDM          true          # to use continuation filesB

SolutionMethod        diagon        # OrderN or Diagon
ElectronicTemperature  25 meV       # Temp. for Fermi smearing
XC.authors           CA            # Parametrization fos xc
MeshCutoff           150. Ry        # Mesh cutoff. real space mesh
KgridCutoff          15. Ang
WriteEigenvalues    .true.
WriteKbands         .true.
WriteBands          .true.

%block BandLines
    1  1.000  1.000  1.000  L        #
   25  0.000  0.000  0.000  \Gamma   #
   30  2.000  0.000  0.000  X        #
   10  2.000  0.500  0.500  U        #
   35  0.000  0.000  0.000  \Gamma   #
%endblock BandLines

%block WaveFuncKPoints               # Weights of orbitals for bands in
k-point
 0.000  0.000  0.000  from 1 to 20   # k-point, and bands required.
%endblock WaveFuncKPoints

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