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Offline yongjunwinwin

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A question about optimization
« on: July 11, 2011, 10:45 »
I have a few questions in doing structure optimization:
1.When should we constrain the cell and when we should untick the constrain, for example when I build a super cell, in which one carbon is substituted by other atoms or a molecule is absorbed on the surface of the graphene, whether should I constrain the cell or not in optimization.
2.If the case is not bulk material, but nanoribbon, what about the same problem mentioned above?



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Re: A question about optimization
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2011, 03:18 »
If the chosen supercell is large enough, it is no necessary to optimize the lattice vectors of cell, and only the atomic positions should be optimized.