# web-page: bandstructure.png """Band structure tutorial Calculate the band structure of Si along high symmetry directions Brillouin zone """ # P1 from ase.build import bulk from gpaw import GPAW, PW, FermiDirac # Perform standard ground state calculation (with plane wave basis) si = bulk('Si', 'diamond', 5.43) calc = GPAW(mode=PW(200), xc='PBE', kpts=(8, 8, 8), random=True, # random guess (needed if many empty bands required) occupations=FermiDirac(0.01), txt='Si_gs.txt') si.calc = calc si.get_potential_energy() ef = calc.get_fermi_level() calc.write('Si_gs.gpw') # P2 # Restart from ground state and fix potential: calc = GPAW('Si_gs.gpw').fixed_density( nbands=16, symmetry='off', kpts={'path': 'GXWKL', 'npoints': 60}, convergence={'bands': 8}) # P3 bs = calc.band_structure() bs.plot(filename='bandstructure.png', show=True, emax=10.0)