DOS plot (6) DOS plot on Microsoft Excel

Posted on : April 14, 2012 (Sat) 13:35:57

by Koji Kobashi

Using Microsoft Excel to make a DOS plot is an alternative way. It is tedious but once one makes a macro, it is as convenient as the way using ./gpd XXX because one can change the energy units from Ry to eV, and also modify the plot as you like.

In the "out" folder, one can find a dos file in which there are lines as follows:

total DOS
-1.0447500 7.97723
-1.0342500 7.08628
-1.0237500 8.62280
-1.0132500 11.46989
-1.0027500 10.33481
-0.9922500 10.38610
-0.9817500 20.78855
-0.9712500 14.75674
... .....

You can copy the relevant data to an Excel sheet, and create a DOS graph. If you make and use a macro, it is quite convenient.