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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2>Hi:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080>A&nbsp;slab is used in my simulation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Thanks!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000080 size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#c0c0c0 size=2>2009-06-30 </FONT></DIV><FONT 
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#c0c0c0 size=2><SPAN>shypirate</SPAN> 
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<DIV></DIV><STRONG></STRONG>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>I&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;question&nbsp;about&nbsp;your&nbsp;setup&nbsp;for&nbsp;simulation&nbsp;.</DIV>
<DIV>Is&nbsp;it&nbsp;a&nbsp;slab&nbsp;or&nbsp;bulk&nbsp;&nbsp;?</DIV>
<DIV>If&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;bulk,&nbsp;you&nbsp;should&nbsp;make&nbsp;sure&nbsp;what&nbsp;your&nbsp;purpose&nbsp;is&nbsp;for&nbsp;applying&nbsp;&nbsp;a</DIV>
<DIV>saw-tooth&nbsp;electric&nbsp;field.</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>On&nbsp;Tue,&nbsp;Jun&nbsp;30,&nbsp;2009&nbsp;at&nbsp;10:05&nbsp;AM,&nbsp;shypirate&nbsp;&lt;shypirate@gmail.com&gt;&nbsp;wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dear&nbsp;all:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;I&nbsp;have&nbsp;used&nbsp;PWscf&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;atomic&nbsp;position&nbsp;relaxition&nbsp;under&nbsp;finite&nbsp;electric</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;field.&nbsp;The&nbsp;electric&nbsp;field&nbsp;is&nbsp;applied&nbsp;by&nbsp;adding&nbsp;a&nbsp;saw-like&nbsp;potential&nbsp;to&nbsp;bare</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;ionic&nbsp;potential.&nbsp;The&nbsp;total&nbsp;force&nbsp;calculated&nbsp;seems&nbsp;not&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;convergent.&nbsp;And</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;two&nbsp;questions&nbsp;unclear&nbsp;for&nbsp;me:</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;In&nbsp;atomic&nbsp;position&nbsp;relaxition,&nbsp;does&nbsp;the&nbsp;force&nbsp;from&nbsp;external&nbsp;electric</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;field&nbsp;contribute&nbsp;to&nbsp;total&nbsp;force?</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Will&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;atoms&nbsp;move&nbsp;along&nbsp;the&nbsp;direction&nbsp;of&nbsp;external&nbsp;electric&nbsp;field</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;whole?&nbsp;If&nbsp;that&nbsp;happens,&nbsp;the&nbsp;total&nbsp;energy&nbsp;and&nbsp;total&nbsp;force&nbsp;can&nbsp;not&nbsp;get</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;convergence.</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Thanks&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;warmly&nbsp;help!</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Y.P.Wang</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;2009-06-30</DIV>
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<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;shypirate</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;_______________________________________________</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Pw_forum&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;Pw_forum@pwscf.org</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;&nbsp;http://www.democritos.it/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>--&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Hai-Ping&nbsp;Lan</DIV>
<DIV>Department&nbsp;of&nbsp;Electronics&nbsp;,</DIV>
<DIV>Peking&nbsp;University&nbsp;,&nbsp;Bejing,&nbsp;100871</DIV>
<DIV>lanhaiping@gmail.com,&nbsp;hplan@pku.edu.cn</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>