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phonon dispersion spectra (DFPT method) VASP 5.3.3 + phonopy 1.10

1. Installation of phonopy

  ubuntu12.04 + python3.5.0

  (1) some pack

      

sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev python-numpy python-matplotlib python-tk python-lxml python-yam

 

     maybe some of them are useless, uhmmmmmm…..even I don\’t know what they mean.

  (2) phonopy 

      

sudo python setup.py install

 

2. VASP & phonopy, DFPT method

  (1) relax the coordinate with a high accuracy by VASP. We will use the POSCAR, maybe the CONTCAR.

  (2) copy and rename the coordinate file to POSCAR-unitcell

  (3) some command

      

phonopy -d --dim=\"2 2 2\" -c POSCAR-unitcellmv SPOSCAR POSCAR

 

  (4) now we will calculate force constants of the supercell by VASP

    IMPORTANT: IBRION = 8, NSW = 1, LREAL = .FALSE

    NOTICE:    NO NPAR!

    the INCAR may be such like

          

PREC = AccurateENCUT = 500
IBRION = 8EDIFF = 1.0e-08IALGO = 38ISMEAR = 0; SIGMA = 0.1LREAL = .FALSE.ADDGRID = .TRUE.LWAVE = .FALSE.LCHARG = .FALSE.

 

  (5)after a longtime caculation, we will find the vasprun.xml.

        

phonopy --fc vasprun.xml

 

    we get the FORCE-CONSTANT

    then, we should make a file named xxx.conf(maybe band.conf), which contains some parameters.

        it may like this

ATOM_NAME = Na ClDIM = 2 2 2PRIMITIVE_AXIS = 0.0 0.5 0.5  0.5 0.0 0.5  0.5 0.5 0.0BAND = 0.0 0.0 0.0  0.5 0.0 0.0  0.5 0.5 0.0  0.0 0.0 0.0  0.5 0.5 0.5FORCE_CONSTANTS = READ

 

    then, we use this commander

        

phonopy --dim=\"2 2 2\" -c POSCAR-unitcell band.conf

 

    we get the band.yaml, then

bandplot --gnuplot band.yaml > phono.dat

 

  (6)finally, put the phono.dat into origin, matlab, MS excel and etc. 

 

Reference: phonon manual.

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