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Arun Prasath
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I am a new user for Quantum Espresso(QE). Recently I have installed Quantum Espresso in my system. Now i am struggling to give input file in QE. How to generate input file in QE?
Arun Prasath said:Thank you Kholdstare.
Yes they have given the tutorial in their website.Their tutorial describes general structure of input file. And I could run the default example files which are given in Quantum Espresso (QE). But my doubt is how to create my own input file for my chosen material.
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