Hello,<br>-  You do not need to worry about the first ( information) block of your PP file. So no need to specify the values of rcut, ....<br>-  Did you try to use the converted pp in QE? if so,  did it run? if not, what was the message you got?<br>
<br>Kindest Regards,<br>Iyad<br><br><br>n Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:04 AM, ali ghafari <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:aaghafari@yahoo.com">aaghafari@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:14pt"><div>Dear QS users</div><div>I want to use B3LYP which is hybrid functional. As I saw in the mailing list, I have to consider two points <br>
</div><div>1- using input_dft=&#39;B3LYP&#39; in the &amp;system <br></div><div>2 - using norm-conserving PPs. <br></div><div>But the problem is that QE don&#39;t have any norm-conserving PPs for Cu, Ca, and O. Therefore I tried to use fhi2upf.x for converting Abinit PPs to QE. I did following steps and finally the program give me PP while several parameters are zero in the PPs such as Rcut, Rcut US, and E pseu. Furthermore, I couldn&#39;t use it in the calculation.    </div>
<div>I attached several lines of PPs for Cu <br></div><div><br></div><div>Is it Ok or wrong?</div><div>Best
 wishes</div><div>Ali<br></div><div><br></div><div>***********************************************<br></div><div>1)  /home/........../espresso-4.3.2/upftools/fhi2upf.x</div><div>2) Input file &gt;  Cu.GGA.fhi <br></div><div>
3) Confirm or modify l max, l loc (read:  3  0) &gt; 2 0</div>4) Wavefunction # 1: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy &gt; 4S, 2<br>   Wavefunction # 2: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy &gt; 3D, 9<br>   Wavefunction # 3: label (e.g. 4s), occupancy &gt; 4p, 0<br>
<br>Pseudopotential successfully converted<br>Output PP file in UPF format :  Cu.GGA.fhi.UPF  <br>************************************<br>&lt;UPF version=&quot;2.0.1&quot;&gt;<br>  &lt;PP_INFO&gt;<br>    Generated using Fritz-Haber code<br>
    Author: Author: unknown<br>    Generation date: Generation date: as well<br>    Pseudopotential type: SL<br>    Element:
 Cu<br>    Functional: PBE<br><br>    Suggested minimum cutoff for wavefunctions:   0. Ry<br>    Suggested minimum cutoff for charge density:   0. Ry<br>    The Pseudo was generated with a Non-Relativistic Calculation<br>
    L component and cutoff radius for Local Potential:  0   0.0000<br><br>    Valence configuration: <br>    nl pn  l   occ       Rcut    Rcut US       E pseu<br>    4S  4  0  2.00      0.000      0.000     0.000000<br>    3D  3  2  9.00      0.000      0.000     0.000000<br>
    4p  4 
 1  0.00      0.000      0.000     0.000000<br><br>    Generation configuration: not available.<br>    Comment:<br>    copper, fhi98PP : Trouiller-Martins-type, GGA Perdew/Burke/Ernzerhof (1996), l=<br>  &lt;/PP_INFO&gt;<br>
  &lt;!--                               --&gt;<br>  &lt;!-- END OF HUMAN READABLE SECTION --&gt;<br>  &lt;!--                               --&gt;<br>  &lt;PP_HEADER generated=&quot;Generated using Fritz-Haber code&quot;<br>
            
 author=&quot;Author: unknown&quot;<br>             date=&quot;Generation date: as well&quot;<br>             comment=&quot;copper, fhi98PP : Trouiller-Martins-type, GGA Perdew/Burke/Ernzerhof (1996), l=&quot;<br>             element=&quot;Cu&quot;<br>
             pseudo_type=&quot;SL&quot;<br>             relativistic=&quot;no&quot;<br>             is_ultrasoft=&quot;F&quot;<br>             is_paw=&quot;F&quot;<br>             is_coulomb=&quot;F&quot;<br>            
 has_so=&quot;F&quot;<br>             has_wfc=&quot;F&quot;<br>             has_gipaw=&quot;F&quot;<br>             paw_as_gipaw=&quot;F&quot;<br>             core_correction=&quot;F&quot;<br>             functional=&quot;PBE&quot;<br>
             z_valence=&quot;1.100000000000000E+001&quot;<br>             total_psenergy=&quot;0.000000000000000E+000&quot;<br>             wfc_cutoff=&quot;0.000000000000000E+000&quot;<br>            
 rho_cutoff=&quot;0.000000000000000E+000&quot;<br>             l_max=&quot;2&quot;<br>             l_max_rho=&quot;0&quot;<br>             l_local=&quot;0&quot;<br>             mesh_size=&quot;525&quot;<br>             number_of_wfc=&quot;3&quot;<br>
             number_of_proj=&quot;2&quot;/&gt;<br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>_______________________________<br>IYAD I. AL-QASIR, PhD<br>Research Associate <br><br>Department of Nuclear Engineering<br>North Carolina State University<br>Campus Box 7909<br>
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