On Apr 7, 2011, at 17:37 , mashiat alaaii wrote: > However, my concern is the effect of cold smearing on DOS. > Does using "cold smearing" change DOS.
of course it does, but if properly used, smearing yields very good results. Please have a look at the various tutorials available on the quantum-espresso.org web site on metals and smearing P. --- Paolo Giannozzi, Dept of Chemistry&Physics&Environment, Univ. Udine, via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy Phone +39-0432-558216, fax +39-0432-558222
