You've activated the XPS in-app guide. In this guide, you will learn how to use the app to compute the XPS of Phenylacetylene molecule.
Click on Step 1: Select structure and follow the instructions to proceed.
In the structure selection step, we select the Phenylacetylene molecule from the examples.
Once selected, we can inspect the structure in the viewer below.

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Warning: Changes after confirmation will reset the following steps.

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  1. Select Structure as is (we skip the relaxation here)
  2. Open step 2.1 for further instructions

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  1. Check (activate) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
  2. Open step 2.2 for further instructions
Here we can customize the calculation parameters. The settings are divided into several tabs: Note that the app pre-configures defaults for most parameters.

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  1. Select Insulator electronic type
  2. Select Fast protocol
  3. Open the Advanced settings tab it and follow the instructions there.
  4. Open the XPS tab it and follow the instructions there.

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  1. Navigate to Exchange-correlation functional
  2. Select PBE

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  1. Select Molecule structure
  2. select C_1s by ticking the appropriate box

In the submission step, we define the computational resources to be used in the calculations. The global resources are used to define resources across all workflow calculations. Optionally, you can override the resource settings for specific calculations.

Warning: If running locally (for example, on the AiiDAlab demo server), we recommend keeping nodes and CPUs at the default minimum of 1 each.

Once the resources are defined, we can optionally customize the workflow label (pre-filled according to the settings of steps 1 & 2), as well as provide a detailed description of the workflow. Once we are ready, we can submit the workflow. You first need to select which code (code executable + computer where this will run) to use for each step of the workflow. The Quantum ESPRESSO app should always install a local Quantum ESPRESSO executable that is sufficient for this tutorial, but you can setup additional codes installed on remote supercomputers. For more information on how to set up codes, please refer to the corresponding documentation.

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  1. Check that the the default options in the "Global resources" panel are the expected ones. Specifically: select 1 node and 1 CPU for each of the codes. Unless you want to run elsewhere, use the default codes on the AiiDAlab server (ending with `@localhost`) that are available from the dropdown menus.
  2. (Optional) customize the workflow label
  3. (Optional) add a workflow description
  4. Click the Submit button to proceed
Warning: The workflow may take a moment to submit.
Below you can monitor the status of the calculation, that might take several minutes to conclude even if we are using the fast protocol. A summary of calculation parameters is also provided. Raw input and output files may be downloaded upon workflow completion, as well as an AiiDA archive containing the full calculation provenance (that can be reimported by other AiiDAlab users and allows to reload the calculation).

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  1. If not already there, switch over to the Status panel
  2. Monitor the calculation status. Once the calculation is complete, switch over to the Results panel for further instructions
Here in the results panel, each tab will open results pertaining to a specific calculation submitted by the workflow.
See further instructions below in the XPS tab.
When XPS results are available, the Load results button will become active allowing us to load the results from AiiDA.

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  1. Once the calculation is complete, click on the Load results button to load the available results

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  1. Click the Binding energy button to view the calculated binding energies.

Post-guide exercises

  1. Explore the online documentation for a more detailed tutorial: XPS with QEApp – AiiDA-QE-XSpec Documentation