Hello all, I want to do some structure relaxations on Pd particles, and I noticed all the available pseudopotentials have electronic configuration d9s1. I would have thought d10 is more likely, and am worried as to whether I will therefore have to treat all calculations as openshell, with either a fixed tot_magnetization, or worse, with full magnetic convergence with a guess at starting_magnetization.
Both will slow me down a lot, and I'd rather not have to. Does anyone know, firstly if indeed I will have to do these magnetic calculations, and secondly, why d9s1 should be more stable than closed shell? Thanks, Chris ----------------------------------- PhD student, University of Birmingham, UK -----------------------------------
