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|  plotting band strucutre of cdte |  | 
 Date: 2007/12/06 18:38
 Name: asaaravind
  <mails2asa@gmail.com>
 
dear professor,
 I am trying to plot the band strucure of cdte,
 but after plotting using gnuplot,
 I am not getting any dispersion, just horizontal lines are coming in the plot.
 Can anybody please tell me wha is wrong in my input?
 my input file is given below,
 
 System.CurrrentDirectory ./ # default=./
 System.Name cdte
 DATA.PATH /home/opt/openmx/DFT_DATA
 level.of.stdout 1 # default=1 (1-3)
 level.of.fileout 1 # default=1 (0-2)
 
 
 Species.Number 2
 <Definition.of.Atomic.Species
 Cd Cd6.5-s11p11d11 Cd_PBE
 Te Te6.5-s11p11d11 Te_PBE
 Definition.of.Atomic.Species>
 
 Atoms.Number 8
 Atoms.SpeciesAndCoordinates.Unit Ang # Ang|AU
 <Atoms.SpeciesAndCoordinates
 1 Cd 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0
 2 Cd 0.0 0.5 0.5 9.0 9.0
 3 Cd 0.5 0.0 0.5 9.0 9.0
 4 Cd 0.5 0.5 0.0 9.0 9.0
 5 Te 0.75 0.25 0.25 8.0 8.0
 6 Te 0.25 0.25 0.75 8.0 8.0
 7 Te 0.25 0.75 0.25 8.0 8.0
 8 Te 0.75 0.75 0.75 8.0 8.0
 Atoms.SpeciesAndCoordinates>
 Atoms.UnitVectors.Unit Ang # Ang|AU
 <Atoms.UnitVectors
 6.7 0.0 0.0
 0.0 6.7 0.0
 0.0 0.0 6.7
 Atoms.UnitVectors>
 
 Scf.type GGA-PBE # LDA|LSDA-CA|LSDA-PW|GGA-PBE
 scf.SpinPolarization Off # On|Off|NC
 scf.partialCoreCorrection Off # On|Off
 scf.ElectronicTemperature 300.0 # default=300 (K)
 scf.energycutoff 300 # default=150 (Ry)
 scf.maxIter 100 # default=40
 scf.EigenvalueSolver band # DC|GDC|Cluster|Band
 scf.Kgrid 7 7 7 # means n1 x n2 x n3
 scf.Mixing.Type rmm-diisk # Simple|Rmm-Diis|Gr-Pulay|Kerker|Rmm-Diisk
 scf.Init.Mixing.Weight 0.30 # default=0.30
 scf.Min.Mixing.Weight 0.001 # default=0.001
 scf.Max.Mixing.Weight 0.400 # default=0.40
 scf.Kerker.factor 6.0
 scf.Mixing.History 5 # default=5
 scf.Mixing.StartPulay 6 # default=6
 scf.Mixing.EveryPulay 8
 scf.criterion 1.0e-6 # default=1.0e-6 (Hartree)
 scf.lapack.dste dstevx # dstevx|dstedc|dstegr,default=dstevx
 
 1DFFT.NumGridK 900 # default=900
 1DFFT.NumGridR 900 # default=900
 1DFFT.EnergyCutoff 3600.0 # default=3600 (Ry)
 
 orbitalOpt.Method off # Off|Unrestricted|Restricted
 orbitalOpt.InitCoes Symmetrical # Symmetrical|Free
 orbitalOpt.initPrefactor 0.1 # default=0.1
 orbitalOpt.scf.maxIter 15 # default=12
 orbitalOpt.MD.maxIter 10 # default=5
 orbitalOpt.per.MDIter 10000 # default=1000000
 orbitalOpt.criterion 1.0e-4 # default=1.0e-4 (Hartree/borh)^2
 
 CntOrb.fileout off # on|off, default=off
 Num.CntOrb.Atoms 1 # default=1
 <Atoms.Cont.Orbitals
 1
 Atoms.Cont.Orbitals>
 
 
 orderN.HoppingRanges 7.0 # default=5.0 (Ang)
 orderN.NumHoppings 2 # default=2
 MD.Type nomd # Nomd|Opt|DIIS|NVE|NVT_VS|NVT_NH# Nomd|Opt|DIIS|NVE|NVT_VS|NVT_NH
 MD.Opt.DIIS.History 3 # default=7
 MD.Opt.StartDIIS 6 # default=5
 MD.Opt.EveryDIIS 10 # default=10
 MD.maxIter 10 # default=1
 MD.TimeStep 0.5 # default=0.5 (fs)
 MD.Opt.criterion 1.0e-4 # default=1.0e-4 (Hartree/bohr)
 
 Band.dispersion on # on|off, default=off
 
 Band.Nkpath 3
 <Band.kpath
 5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 L g
 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 g X
 5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X g
 Band.kpath>
 scf.restart off # on|off,default=off
 MO.fileout off # on|off
 num.HOMOs 1 # default=1
 num.LUMOs 1 # default=1
 MO.Nkpoint 2 # default=1
 <MO.kpoint
 0.0 0.0 0.0
 0.0 0.0 0.2
 MO.kpoint>
 
 Dos.fileout off # on|off, default=off
 Dos.Erange -10.0 10.0 # default = -20 20
 Dos.Kgrid 12 12 12 # default = Kgrid1 Kgrid2 Kgrid3
 
 HS.fileout off # on|off, default=off
 
 Thanks in advance,
 asa
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