Dear
I ran scf for MoS2 in K_Points Automatic 4X4x4 mesh with 20 nband and followed 
calculation for band Structure
but i observed that sufficient no. of bands are not there;; 
then i perform nscf calculation for DOS which seems to be alright

So i did scf calculation again in K-Points Automatic 12x12x12 with a little 
increase in nband (keeping it in mind nband = # of VE/2 +20% more in metal)

Now i have few questions

1-- While performing band calculation, how should i take K-points
???? K-POINTS AUTOMATIC
???? 12x12x12 1 1 1
??? or the one which i generated manually (150 Points)
???? 150
???? ---- ---- ---- 1
???? ---- ---- ---- 2
???? like that,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,which one is a better option? ????

2. While performing nscf calculation, should i write it or no
??? restart_mode = 'from_scratch',
??? i believe no as it may take longer time and some convergence conflict
??? but i need confirmation
?? 
??? Its mentioned in the user guide, that occupations = tetrahedra for DOS
??? Is it required in every case irrespective of magnetic or non magnetic? ???

3? i think nscf is required only for DOS, So can i perform nscf calculation 
befor the post ? ? ? ?? processing calculation of band calculation? ?????
? ? This question i am asking because i am using computational facility of some 
other??? place which is available to me for short time only and i am running 
short of time

Sohail
KKU
SAUDI 
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