A series of Python3 script to lower the barrier of computing and simulating molecular and material systems.
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import numpy as np
from ase.build.general_surface import surface
from ase.geometry import get_layers
from ase.symbols import string2symbols
def surfaces_with_termination(lattice, indices, layers, vacuum=None, tol=1e-10,
termination=None, return_all=False, verbose=False):
"""Create surface from a given lattice and Miller indices with a given
termination
Parameters
==========
lattice: Atoms object or str
Bulk lattice structure of alloy or pure metal. Note that the
unit-cell must be the conventional cell - not the primitive cell.
One can also give the chemical symbol as a string, in which case the
correct bulk lattice will be generated automatically.
indices: sequence of three int
Surface normal in Miller indices (h,k,l).
layers: int
Number of equivalent layers of the slab. (not the same as the layers
you choose from for terminations)
vacuum: float
Amount of vacuum added on both sides of the slab.
termination: str
the atoms you wish to be in the top layer. There may be many such
terminations, this function returns all terminations with the same
atomic composition.
e.g. 'O' will return oxygen terminated surfaces.
e.g.'TiO' will return surfaces terminated with layers containing both O
and Ti
Returns:
return_surfs: List
a list of surfaces that match the specifications given
"""
lats = translate_lattice(lattice, indices)
return_surfs = []
check = []
check2 = []
for item in lats:
too_similar = False
surf = surface(item, indices, layers, vacuum=vacuum, tol=tol)
surf.wrap(pbc=[True] * 3) # standardize slabs
positions = surf.get_scaled_positions().flatten()
for i, value in enumerate(positions):
if value >= 1 - tol: # move things closer to zero within tol
positions[i] -= 1
surf.set_scaled_positions(np.reshape(positions, (len(surf), 3)))
#rep = find_z_layers(surf)
z_layers, hs = get_layers(surf, (0, 0, 1)) # just z layers matter
# get the indicies of the atoms in the highest layer
top_layer = [i for i, val in enumerate(z_layers == max(z_layers)) if val]
if termination is not None:
comp = [surf.get_chemical_symbols()[a] for a in top_layer]
term = string2symbols(termination)
# list atoms in top layer and not in requested termination
check = [a for a in comp if a not in term]
# list of atoms in requested termination and not in top layer
check2 = [a for a in term if a not in comp]
if len(return_surfs) > 0:
pos_diff = [a.get_positions() - surf.get_positions()
for a in return_surfs]
for i, su in enumerate(pos_diff):
similarity_test = su.flatten() < tol * 1000
if similarity_test.all():
# checks if surface is too similar to another surface
too_similar = True
if too_similar:
continue
if return_all is True:
pass
elif check != [] or check2 != []:
continue
return_surfs.append(surf)
return return_surfs
def translate_lattice(lattice, indices, tol=10**-3):
"""translates a bulk unit cell along a normal vector given by the a set of
miller indices to the next symetric position. This is used to control the
termination of the surface in the smart_surface command
Parameters:
==========
lattice: Atoms object
atoms object of the bulk unit cell
indices: 1x3 list,tuple, or numpy array
the miller indices you wish to cut along.
returns:
lattice_list: list of Atoms objects
a list of all the different translations of the unit cell that will
yield different terminations of a surface cut along the miller
indices provided.
"""
lattice_list = []
cell = lattice.get_cell()
pt = [0, 0, 0]
h, k, l = indices
millers = list(indices)
for index, item in enumerate(millers):
if item == 0:
millers[index] = 10**9 # make zeros large numbers
elif pt == [0, 0, 0]: # for numerical stability
pt = list(cell[index] / float(item) / np.linalg.norm(cell[index]))
h1, k1, l1 = millers
N = np.array(cell[0] / h1 + cell[1] / k1 + cell[2] / l1)
n = N / np.linalg.norm(N) # making a unit vector normal to cut plane
# finding distance from cut plan vector
d = [np.round(np.dot(n, (a - pt)) * n, 5) for
a in lattice.get_scaled_positions()]
duplicates = []
for i, item in enumerate(d):
g = [True for a in d[i + 1:] if np.linalg.norm(a - item) < tol]
if g != []:
duplicates.append(i)
duplicates.reverse()
for i in duplicates:
del d[i]
# put distance to the plane at the end of the array
for i, item in enumerate(d):
d[i] = np.append(item,
np.dot(n, (lattice.get_scaled_positions()[i] - pt)))
d = np.array(d)
d = d[d[:, 3].argsort()] # sort by distance to the plane
d = [a[:3] for a in d] # remove distance
d = list(d) # make it a list again
for i in d:
"""
The above method gives you the boundries of between terminations that
will allow you to build a complete set of terminations. However, it
does not return all the boundries. Thus you must check both above and
below the boundary, and not stray too far from the boundary. If you move
too far away, you risk hitting another boundary you did not find.
"""
lattice1 = lattice.copy()
displacement = (h * cell[0] + k * cell[1] + l * cell[2]) \
* (i + 10 ** -8)
lattice1.positions -= displacement
lattice_list.append(lattice1)
lattice1 = lattice.copy()
displacement = (h * cell[0] + k * cell[1] + l * cell[2]) \
* (i - 10 ** -8)
lattice1.positions -= displacement
lattice_list.append(lattice1)
return lattice_list