DFTB+

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Description
DFTB+ is a fast and efficient versatile quantum mechanical simulation package.
Modulefile
dftb+
Documentation
DFTB+ homepage
Slater-Koster datasets
The users who have agreed to the DFTB license have access to the Slater-Koster datasets at the following location: $DFTBPLUS/slako/.
All the datasets were downloaded from the DFTB website on 2015-02-26. The 3ob-3-1 set was updated on 2015-07-21.
Access
Access to DFTB+ is restricted to those who have agreed to the terms and conditions of the DFTB and DFTB+ licenses. If you wish to use DFTB+, please contact support via email making sure you include your username, name of the project leader and a statement indicating that your supervisor (or you) have valid license agreements signed with the developers of the software and that you agree to the terms and conditions of the DFTB and DFTB+ licenses.
Tools
The Modes tool is available.
Usage
Here is an example of a single thread submission script:
#$ -cwd
#$ -l h_rt=01:00:00

module load dftb+
dftb+
Here is an example of a submission script to run the software multi-threaded:
#$ -cwd
#$ -l h_rt=01:00:00
#$ -pe openmp 2

export OMP_NUM_THREADS=$NSLOTS

module load dftb+
dftb+
We also provide a development MPI build of DFTB+ (currently r4473). Here is an example of a submission script for running it:
#$ -cwd
#$ -l h_rt=01:00:00
#$ -pe ompi* 2

module purge
module load intel openmpi/intel dftb+/mpi
mpirun dftb+