Solution LAB1 diamond bulk modulus

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Bulk modulus of diamond

Using the data produced in the previous exercise (total energy as a function of the lattice parameter for a range of ecutwfc values), one can do the following:

• extract etot vs volume for each wfcutfc value into different files;
• fit the data and extract the second derivative in the minimum;
• this can be done using a second (or better higher) order polynomial or other fitting functions (cubic splines, Murnaghan equation of state, ...)
• Evaluate the bulk modulus taking care of unit conversion to international system (B modulus is given in GPa)
• The above steps are coded in the script ./LabQSM/tools/compute_B_modulus.py for convenience

Results as a function of the kinetic energy cutoff follow.

1. ecut [Ry] B modulus [GPa]

  20         4222.035362534261
  30          545.8276696265291
  40          577.6525328096515
  50          678.313290451693
  60          526.4841165649044
  80          463.3508978235948
 100          471.6781060558174
 120          468.6260793219729
 140          467.798081344509
 160          467.04233495671605

Once again, a cutoff of 60-80 Ry (80 better) seems to be sufficient.

A script to automate the calculation can be put together as follows:

 #!/bin/bash
 
 list=`ls results_*_vol.dat`
 fileout=results_BMOD.dat
 
 echo "#  ecut [Ry]     B modulus [GPa]" > $fileout
 
 for file in $list
 do
    filein=$file
    ecut=`echo $file | cut -d "_" -f2 | sed 's/Ry//'`
    bmod=`./compute_B_modulus.py $file | tail -1 | awk '{print $(NF-1)}'`
    echo $ecut $bmod >> $fileout
 done