""".. _bulk: Bulk Structures and Relaxations =============================== Here, we create bulk structures and optimize them to their ideal bulk properties """ # %% import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from ase.build import bulk from ase.calculators.emt import EMT from ase.eos import EquationOfState from ase.filters import FrechetCellFilter from ase.optimize import BFGS from ase.units import kJ from ase.visualize.plot import plot_atoms # %% # # Setting up bulk structures # -------------------------- # # ASE provides three frameworks for setting up bulk structures: # # * :func:`ase.build.bulk`. Knows lattice types # and lattice constants for elemental bulk structures # and a few compounds, but # with limited customization. # # * :func:`ase.spacegroup.crystal`. Creates atoms # from typical crystallographic information such as spacegroup, # lattice parameters, and basis. # # * :mod:`ase.lattice`. Creates atoms explicitly from lattice and basis. # # Let's run a simple bulk calculation. We use :func:`ase.build.bulk` # to get a primitive cell of silver, and then visualize it. Silver is known # to form an FCC structure, so presumably the function returned a primitive # FCC cell. You can, e.g., use the ASE GUI to repeat the structure and # recognize the A-B-C stacking. atoms = bulk('Ag') fig, ax = plt.subplots() plot_atoms(atoms * (3, 3, 3), ax=ax) ax.set_xlabel(r'$x (\AA)$') ax.set_ylabel(r'$y (\AA)$') fig.tight_layout() # For interactive use of the ASE GUI: # view(atoms * (3,3,3)) # %% # ASE should also be able to verify that it really is a primitive FCC cell # and tell us what lattice constant was chosen: print(f'Bravais lattice: {atoms.cell.get_bravais_lattice()}') # %% # # Periodicity # ----------- # # Periodic structures in ASE are represented using ``atoms.cell`` # and ``atoms.pbc``. # * The cell is a :class:`~ase.cell.Cell` object which represents # the crystal lattice with three vectors. # * ``pbc`` is an array of three booleans indicating whether the system # is periodic in each direction. print('Cell:\n', atoms.cell.round(3)) print('Periodicity: ', atoms.pbc) # %% # # Equation of state # ----------------- # # We can find the optimal lattice parameter and calculate the bulk modulus # by doing an equation-of-state calculation. This means sampling the energy # and lattice constant over a range of values to get the minimum as well # as the curvature, which gives us the bulk modulus. # # The online ASE docs already provide a tutorial on how to perform # equation-of-state calculations: (:ref:`eos_example`) # # First, we calculate the volume and potential energy, whilst scaling the # atoms' cell. Here, we use ase's empirical calculator ``EMT``: # calc = EMT() cell = atoms.get_cell() volumes = [] energies = [] for x in np.linspace(0.95, 1.05, 5): atoms_copy = atoms.copy() atoms_copy.calc = calc atoms_copy.set_cell(cell * x, scale_atoms=True) atoms_copy.get_potential_energy() volumes.append(atoms_copy.get_volume()) energies.append(atoms_copy.get_potential_energy()) # %% # Then, via :func:`ase.eos.EquationOfState`, we can calculate and plot # the bulk modulus: # eos = EquationOfState(volumes, energies) v0, e0, B = eos.fit() ax = eos.plot() ax.axhline(e0, linestyle='--', alpha=0.5, color='black') ax.axvline(v0, linestyle='--', alpha=0.5, color='red') print(f'Minimum Volume = {v0:.3f}AA^3') print(f'Minimum Energy = {e0:.3f}eV') print(f'Bulk modulus = {B / kJ * 1.0e24:.3f} GPa') plt.show() # %% # # Bulk Optimization # ----------------- # # We can also find the optimal, relaxed cell via variable-cell relaxation. # This requires setting a filter, in this case the # :func:`ase.filters.FrechetCellFilter` filter, which allows minimizing both the # atomic forces and the unit cell stress. # original_lattice = atoms.cell.get_bravais_lattice() calc = EMT() atoms.calc = calc opt = BFGS(FrechetCellFilter(atoms), trajectory='opt.Ag.traj') opt.run(fmax=0.05) print('\n') print(f'Original_Lattice: {original_lattice}') print(f'Final Lattice: {atoms.cell.get_bravais_lattice()}') print(f'Final Cell Volume: {atoms.get_volume():.3f}AA^3')