Checklist of details about calculations to be reported

Electronic calculation

  • Method. E.g., “We used a plane-wave basis set with ultrasoft pseudopotentials as implemented in the CASTEP code [reference].”
  • Energy cutoff (for plane wave basis set calculations).
  • k-point sampling, sampling method, smearing (if used)
  • Pseudopotential type, orbitals included in the core, core radius, source (for plane wave basis set calculations). (See note “On the fly” generation of pseudopotentials in CASTEP)
  • Convergence tolerances for total energy, charge, displacements.

Atomic model

  • Bravais Lattice, basis, space group symmetry.
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