Hi

The Quantum Espresso makes possible to enter structure, by the help of space group.
Namely eg:
  space_group = 19
 .....
ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal_sg
C     0.56050   0.14143   0.60159

Unfortunately the CIF description of structures often use non-standard space group settings.
Typicaly:
  space_group = 14 is standardly described as P 21/c
But it can be P 21/n, P 21/b,P 21/a ... etc ... (totaly 1 standard and 8 non-standard setting) The non-standard settings can be identified only through Herman-Mogen symbol, not by Space Group number ...

So what is the optimal solution for non -standard space group setting ?
a) transfer structure to standard space group setting
b) do not use space gropu and generate all atoms in the unit celll by external software c) support symmetry input by HermanMogen symbols (not only 230 grpusp but cca 500 possibel descriptions) in future QE versions ?

Michal UCT Prague

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