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On 30/09/2017 10:19, Masoud Rahbar wrote:
> Hi everyone
> I need to calculate the electronic free energy as a function of 
> temperature in QE. There are some discussions on that in pw forum. As I 
> understood we need to do dft calculations with fermi-dirac smearing and 
> the temperature is included by smearing width. But unfortunately I 
> couldn't find out how exactly it is calculated. What is the energy 
> obtained from fermi-dirac calculations mean?, and also is smearing width 
> the same as degauss in QE? Can someone please help me maybe with a step 
> by step instructions.
> 
> Best Wishes
> Masoud Rahbar Niazi
> PhD candidate in material science and engineering
> Tarbiat Modares University,Tehran,Iran
> email:[email protected] <mailto:email%[email protected]>
> 
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