# Crystalline aluminum : computation of the total energy # # Determination of the surface energy of aluminum : # convergence with respect to the number of vacuum layers. ndtset 3 #Definition of the unit cell acell 3*7.50559090E+00 # Lattice parameters of bulk aluminum rprim1 0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 rprim2 0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 rprim3 0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 natom1 5 natom2 6 natom3 7 #SCF preconditioner iprcel 45 #Definition of occupation numbers occopt 4 tsmear 0.04 #Definition of the k-point grid kptopt 1 # Option for the automatic generation of k points, taking # into account the symmetry ngkpt 4 4 1 nshiftk 2 shiftk 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 #Definition of the atom types ntypat 1 # There is only one type of atom znucl 13 # The keyword "znucl" refers to the atomic number of the # possible type(s) of atom. The pseudopotential(s) # mentioned in the "files" file must correspond # to the type(s) of atom. Here, the only type is Aluminum #Definition of the atoms typat 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 # All possible atoms are type 1. xcart 3*0.0 # Triplet giving the CARTESIAN coordinates of atom 1. 0.0 2*3.75279545 # Triplet giving the CARTESIAN coordinates of atom 2. 2*0.0 7.5055909 # Triplet giving the CARTESIAN coordinates of atom 3. 0.0 3.75279545 11.25838635 # Triplet giving the CARTESIAN coordinates of atom 4. 2*0.0 15.0111818 # Triplet giving the CARTESIAN coordinates of atom 5. 0.0 3.75279545 18.76397725 # Triplet giving the CARTESIAN coordinates of atom 6. 2*0.0 22.5167727 # Triplet giving the CARTESIAN coordinates of atom 7. #Exchange-correlation functional ixc 1 # LDA Teter Pade parametrization #Definition of the planewave basis set ecut 6.0 # Maximal kinetic energy cut-off, in Hartree #Definition of the SCF procedure nstep 10 # Maximal number of SCF cycles toldfe 1.0d-6