BEFORE trying vc-relax (what is the structure corresponding to the band 
structure you give in input?), try calculation=relax and
calculate band structure.

Why do you need nbnd=200?

For SURE ecutrho is WRONG. 
For norm-conserving pseudo potentials (as yours), ecutrho = 4 * ecutwfc (a 
smaller value will definitely produce WRONG results,
to what extent is maybe unpredictable), otherwise ecutrho is usually 6 to 12 
times ecutwfc.

Are you sure about your pseudos?

Finally: how do you set the “zero energy”?

Giovanni


> On 6 Mar 2017, at 12:55, Anindya Bose <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Dear Sir,
> I have used this code but I didn't get the direct band gap structure of 
> monolayer WSe2.
> &CONTROL
>   calculation='vc-relax',
>   outdir='monolayer WSe2',
>   prefix='calc',
>   pseudo_dir='/home/anindya/Desktop/pseudopotential',
>   verbosity='high',
>   disk_io='high',
>   wf_collect=.true.,
>   nstep = 50,
>   etot_conv_thr=1d-02,
>   forc_conv_thr=1d-02,
> /
> 
> &SYSTEM
>   ibrav=4,
>   celldm(1)=6.2020811408d0, celldm(3)=4.3566118221d0,
>   nat=3,
>   ntyp=2,
>   ecutwfc=40.0d0,
>   ecutrho =130.0d0,
>   nbnd=200,
>   vdw_corr='Grimme-D2',
>   force_symmorphic=.true.,
>   input_dft='PBE',
>   occupations='fixed',
> /
> 
> &ELECTRONS
>   diagonalization='david',
>   conv_thr=1d-08,
>   mixing_mode='plain',
>   mixing_beta=0.700d0,
> /
> 
> &ions
>   ion_dynamics ='bfgs',
> /
>  
> &cell
>   cell_dynamics ='bfgs',
>   cell_factor=15,
> /
> 
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>   Se 78.960000d0 Se_ONCV_PBE-1.0_r.oncvpsp.upf
>   W 183.840000d0 W_ONCV_PBE-1.1_r.oncvpsp.upf
> 
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {alat}
>   W    0.5000000000d0   0.2886751346d0   2.1782995738d0
>   Se   0.5000000000d0  -0.2886751346d0   1.6692977456d0
>   Se   0.5000000000d0  -0.2886751346d0   2.6873014019d0
> 
> K_POINTS {automatic}
>   10 10 1 0 0 0
> 
> I have enclosed my output band structure with this mail.Can you please help 
> me in this regard.How can I get the correct band diagram of monolayer 
> WSe2(direct bandgap). I have used all the codes for spin calculation and I 
> got the spin orbit coupling but didn't find perfect band diagram.I will be 
> waiting for your response.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 9:04 PM, Giovanni Cantele 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> I never use ism, maybe you can read relevant papers in the literature. 
> However, if your purpose is just to simulate an isolated monolayer, just add 
> to the lattice vector orthogonal to the monolayer
> plane (a3, in your case) vacuum space, so if the current length is, just to 
> make an example, 5 A, try to use 15 A. This is the so called supercell 
> approach, discussed several times in the forum.
> 
> Giovanni
> 
>> On 1 Mar 2017, at 16:17, Anindya Bose <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Actually I have used esm_bc to add vacuum in the structure.How can I add 
>> vacuum in this monolayer WSE2 structure using quantum espresso.Which code 
>> should be used.
>> 
>> On Wednesday, March 1, 2017, Giovanni Cantele <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> It is not clear how and to what extend your band structure differs from shat 
>> you expect.
>> However, one issue I can see is that if you want to study MONOLAYER WSe2, 
>> you should be aware of the fact that the vacuum space, separating the 
>> periodic replicas
>> along your z direction should be large enough to prevent them from 
>> interacting (otherwise, you are considering a periodic crystal also along
>> that direction). Currently, as far as I can see such vacuum is < 5A, 
>> definitely too small to simulate a monolayer. Additionally, you also include 
>> vdw_corr, usually introduced
>> to better describe inter-layer interaction, whereas you are claiming that 
>> you want to study a system composed by a single layer.
>> Also, I think that you don’t need to use the variable esm_bc just to 
>> calculate the properties of a monolayer.
>> 
>> Giovanni
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > On 1 Mar 2017, at 14:01, Anindya Bose <[email protected] <>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear Sir,
>> >
>> > &CONTROL
>> >   calculation='nscf',
>> >   outdir='monolayer WSe2',
>> >   prefix='calc',
>> >   pseudo_dir='/home/anindya/Desktop/pseudopotentials',
>> >   verbosity='low',
>> >   disk_io='high',
>> >   wf_collect=.true.,
>> >   etot_conv_thr=1d-02,
>> >   forc_conv_thr=1d-02,
>> > /
>> >
>> > &SYSTEM
>> >   noncolin=.true.,
>> >   lspinorb=.true.,
>> >   ibrav=0,
>> >   celldm(1)=6.2020811408d0, celldm(3)=4.3566118221d0,
>> >   nat=3,
>> >   ntyp=2,
>> >   ecutwfc=40.0d0,
>> >   nbnd=200,
>> >   vdw_corr='Grimme-D2',
>> >   starting_magnetization=0.05,
>> >   force_symmorphic=.true.,
>> >   input_dft='PBE',
>> >   esm_bc='bc1',
>> >   no_t_rev=.false.,
>> > /
>> >
>> > &ELECTRONS
>> >   diagonalization='david',
>> >   conv_thr=1d-08,
>> >   mixing_mode='plain',
>> >   mixing_beta=0.700d0,
>> > /
>> >
>> > &ions
>> >   ion_dynamics ='bfgs',
>> > /
>> >
>> > &cell
>> >   cell_dynamics ='bfgs',
>> >   cell_factor=15,
>> > /
>> >
>> > ATOMIC_SPECIES
>> >   Se 78.960000d0 Se_ONCV_PBE-1.0_nr.oncvpsp.upf
>> >   W 183.840000d0 W_ONCV_PBE-1.1_nr.oncvpsp.upf
>> >
>> > CELL_PARAMETERS (alat=  6.20208114)
>> >    1.008112278   0.000000000   0.000000000
>> >   -0.504056139   0.873050842   0.000000000
>> >    0.000000000   0.000000000   2.445357065
>> >
>> > ATOMIC_POSITIONS {alat}
>> >   W        0.504056139   0.291016947   1.222674975
>> >   Se       0.504056139  -0.291016947   0.699051439
>> >   Se       0.504056139  -0.291016947   1.746298512
>> >
>> >
>> > K_POINTS {crystal_b}
>> > 4
>> > # Gamma-K-M-Gamma
>> > 0 0 0   20 !G
>> > 0.33 0.33 0 20 !K
>> > 0.5 0 0 20 !M
>> > 0 0 0 20 !G
>> >
>> > I am not getting the WSe2 monolayer band structure, can you please help me 
>> > in this regard.
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