Useful things to know #eventhwc -v -f [base file name] -natom 67 -pos 0.7 0.15 #structa -v -f [base file name] -natom 67 -qsupercell #transhwc2xyz -v -f [base file name] -natom 67 -mtrans 3 -smooth -zoom 0.1 -qsupercell SUPERCELL FILE named .supercell. must be where you're working. looks like 1 -0.65 10.864 0.1 1 -0.65 10.864 0.1 1 -0.65 10.864 0.1 (2 can be in place of 1 to avoid stucture runoff) #sc.x 10.864 x.x x.x x.x < [file name] > [file name to be directed to] x.x is the amount used to nudge it, on the order of a few convert an xyz file into an html file #~birner/bin/x2h -m -c[number of atoms] [file name] >[output file] convert a postscript file into an html file #~ntg/bin/scripts/slides2web.pl caclulating energies for Epot, let X be the number of atoms in supercell (e.g., 67) let Y be the number of EXTRA interstitials (e.g., 3) let Z be the number of atoms in the bulk lattice (e.g., 64) then E_f_int = (Epot-(X/Z)E_bulk)/3 (Epot-(67/64)E_bulk)/3 would be the formation energy of a tri-interstitial defect in a 67 atom supercell calc Epot would be someting like -299.412341 E_bulk would be something like -295.22324 view xyz file #~birner/bin/minimol [file] or #~jnkim/bin/xmol (must be run from campbell)