Issue related to Graphene script in espresso.in format

[anibose3]

Dear Experts,
I am using VNL ATK 2015 version and I am facing some peculiar problem with Graphene script in espresso.in format.First I create the Graphene structure(unit cell of 2atoms) in Quantumwise which consists off 10 ang vacuum in z direction to avoid the problem of periodic replicas. After that I export the structure in espresso.in format.When I perform vc relax on this I see the hexagonal symmetry of graphene breaks.Instead of giving actual symmetry of Graphene which is D_6h(point group), the output file gives D_2h(an erroneous value).I don't understand why this is happening.After vc-relax the structural symmetry of an intrinsic material should not be changed under any circumstances.Please tell me how to resolve this issue.Do I need to do anything else to make this effective.Please help.

Thanks and regards,
Anindya Bose
Research Fellow,
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

[Ulrik G. Vej-Hansen]

We do not support the 2015 version anymore - please upgrade to the newest 2018.06 version, which contains many improvements over the 2015 version.

[anibose3]

Dear Expert,
Will the 2018 version. solve this vc-relax issue surely?

Thanks and regards,
Anindya Bose

[Jess Wellendorff]

The problem has nothing to do with the QuantumATK software. It is most likely because you do not set the QE relaxation parameter "cell_dofree", which by default is 'all' in quantum espresso. See http://www.quantum-espresso.org/Doc/INPUT_PW.html. If you have questions regarding such QE settings, I suggest you post them on the QE users mailing list: users@lists.quantum-espresso.org

Your VNL-ATK 2015 did what you asked it to do (produced a simple QE input file), and it is now your own responsibility to adapt it correctly to your specific needs.

Kind regards,
Jess Wellendorff