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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please contact me at qhong@alumni.caltech.edu if you have questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several Notes for Users:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. A typical calculation with SLUSCHI takes a few days\/weeks, with CPU cost ranging from 5,000 to 100,000 CPU hours. In this page<\/a>, I list the systems I have studied.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Try “kmesh = -1” in “job.in”. This activates the use of a special kpoint (1\/4,1\/4,1\/4). This provides a low-cost option (only twice the cost of gamma version), and yet it often generates reliable results for melting point.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. An example of SLUSCHI run is available at the repositories<\/a> at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Or follow this link<\/a> on Google Drive for the same copy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Sluschi_2.0<\/a> Github<\/a>
    What’s new:<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. mds: a new capability to compute the entropy of both solids and liquids from one single MD trajectory. A user manual is coming soon this fall. Follow this link<\/a> on Google Drive for examples.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Bug fixes and various improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Sluschi_1.3<\/a>
      What’s new:<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Add feature to detect failed VASP jobs and restart them. It takes hundreds of VASP MD runs to calculate a melting temperature, and some of them may accidentally fail (e.g., running beyond walltime limit, failed to start due to queue\/disk\/network issue, etc.). Now SLUSCHI checks VASP MD runs and restarts failed jobs. Set “detectfail” and “maxwaithour” in job.in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Bug fixes and various improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Sluschi_1.2<\/a>
        What’s new:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. Bug fixes and various improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Sluschi_1.1<\/a>
          What’s new:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. “Bold sampling” mode: SLUSCHI launches MD duplicates aggressively. This strategy significantly reduces the physical time of calculations, though it may slightly increase computer cost.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. Heat of fusion calculations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. Bug fixes and various improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Sluschi_1<\/a>
            User guide at             the CALPHAD Journal<\/em><\/a>.
            What’s new:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            1. intpol: user does not need to guess a melting point. See “intpol”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. adj_bmix: let SLUSCHI decide the value of BMIX.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. Bug fixes and various improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              SluschiUserGuide_0.02<\/a>
              Sluschi_0.02<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              SluschiUserGuide_0.01<\/a>
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