#author("2023-12-07T16:16:02+09:00","default:StatE","StatE") #author("2023-12-07T16:19:21+09:00","default:StatE","StatE") * How to specify the exchange-correlation functional in Quantum-ESPRESSO [#j35ada82] In Quantum-ESPRESSO (QE), the exchange-correlation (XC) functional used is determined based on that specified in pseudopotential files. However, if you want to use the functional other than that, then use the key word input_dft. In case you want to use Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) generalized gradient approximation (PBE) functional (in may cases, this is the default choice), use the variable input_dft as &SYSTEM ... input_dft = 'pbe' ... / and in the case of PBEsol and in the case of PBEsol (PBE for solids) input_dft = 'pbesol' NOTE that traditionally, the exchange-correlation functional used in the generation of the pseudopotentials used and that used in molecular or solid calculations, and you should be careful when you use different XC functionals. See [[Callsen and Hamada>https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.195103]] for the the exchange-correlation functional for the pseudopotentials in vdW-DF calculations, [[Yao and Kanai>https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4984939]] for that in SCAN meta-GGA calculations, and [[Gygi>https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.2c01191]] for the validity of the use of the GGA pseudopotentials in SCAN meta-GGA calculations. Below is an incomplete list of the XC functional available in QE. ** LDA [#offa94d5] | input_dft | XC functional | | pz | Perdew-Zunger | | vwn | Vosko-Wilk-Nusair | | hl | Hedin-Lundqvist | | gl | Gunnarsson-Lundqvist | | pw | Perdew-Wang | ** GGA [#t4d243d5] | input_dft |XC functional | | bp | Becke-Perdew | | pw91 | Perdew-Wang '91 | | blyp | BLYP | | pbe | Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof | | revpbe | Zhang-Yang | | rpbe | Hammer-Hansen-Norskov | | pbesol | PBEsol | | wc | Wu-Cohen | ** Hybrid [#f82e4836] | input_dft | XC functional | | pbe0 | PBE0 | | b3lyp | B3LYP | | hse | HSE06 | | gaupbe | Gau-PBE | ** vdW-DF [#s1c9d8a1] | input_dft | XC functional | | vdw-df | vdW-DF1 | | vdw-df-c09 | vdW-DF-C09 | | vdw-df-obk8 | optB88-vdW | | vdw-df-ob86 | optB86b-vdW | | vdw-df-cx | vdW-DF-CX | | vdw-df2 | vdW-DF2 | | vdw-df2-c09 | vdW-DF2-C09 | | vdw-df2-b86r | rev-vdW-DF2 (vdW-DF2-B86R) | | vdw-df3-opt1 | vdW-DF3-opt1 | | vdw-df3-opt2 | vdW-DF3-opt2 | | vdw-df-C6 | vdW-DF-C6 | | rvv10 | rVV10 | ** meta-GGA [#b73a1f07] | input_dft | XC functional | | tpss | TPSS | | m06l | M06-L | | scan | SCAN | | r2scan | r2SCAN | ** Dispersion-corrected meta-GGA [#e9fd86eb] | input_dft | XC functional | | rvv10-scan | SCAN-rVV10 | ** Hybrid vdW-DF [#c33215fa] | input_dft | XC functional | | vdw-df-cx0 | vdW-DF-CX-0 | | vdw-df2-br0 | vdW-DF2-B86R-0 | | vdw-df-c090 | vdW-DF-C09-0 | | vdw-df-ahcx | vdW-DF-AHCX | | vdw-df2-ahbr | vdW-DF2-AHBR | ** Other(s) [#a338e4f7] | input_dft | XC functional | | BEEF | BEEF-vdW | | beef-vdw | BEEF-vdW |