[DFTB-Plus-User] Lattice optimization

Ben Hourahine benjamin.hourahine at strath.ac.uk
Wed Feb 16 14:51:29 CET 2011


Hello Magali,

the dftb+1.1 release does support these, could you post the

Driver = {}

block from your dftb_in.hsd?

Regards

Ben

Magali Benoit wrote:
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> Dear DFTB+ users,
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> I downloaded the latest available version of DFTB+ and compiled it 
> successfully.
> I am now trying to optimize the cell parameters of hcp Ti in order to 
> check that I get the same values as the ones given in the Slater-Koster 
> file for titanium.
> I followed the manual and put the LatticeOpt and FixAngles keyword in 
> the dftb_in.hsp but the program does not recognize these keywords and 
> stops.
> Does this mean that these options are not yet available in the current 
> version of DFTB+ ?
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> Thanks in advance for your help,
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> Magali
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