different PPs for same atom type  [SOLVED]

External optional components of Abinit (BigDFT, Wannier90...) and codes using/providing data from/to Abinit (AtomPAW, ONCVPSP, EXC, DP, Yambo...)

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kdd
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different PPs for same atom type

Post by kdd » Tue May 02, 2017 1:15 pm

Is it possible in abinit to have atoms with the same nuclear charge described by different pseudopotentials?

mverstra
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Re: different PPs for same atom type  [SOLVED]

Post by mverstra » Tue May 09, 2017 10:59 pm

yes - you can define

natom 2
ntypat 2 # 2 atomic types
typat 1 2 # one atom of each type
znucl 14 14 # both silicon

and in the files file you put 2 psp files.
Matthieu Verstraete
University of Liege, Belgium

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