crystal-structure-npt


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crystal-structure-npt
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Equilibrium crystal structure at a given temperature and stress state
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Equilibrium structure of a crystal at a given temperature and applied stress. The equilibrium structure is expressed as an AFLOW prototype label and its corresponding free parameters representing the average positions of the constituent atoms. Multiple instances of this property with different free parameters may be reported for a given AFLOW prototype label, representing different local stable or unstable equilibria. There is no guarantee that any instance of this property represents the state of minimum Helmholtz free energy of this system, not even when the configuration space is restricted to the specified crystal prototype label.
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2023-02-21
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a

typefloat
has-unittrue
extent[]
requiredtrue
descriptionThe average equilibrium 'a' lattice constant of the crystal structure as defined by the AFLOW standard. Relative values of other lattice parameters (if present) are given in the 'parameter-values' key.

cell-cauchy-stress

typefloat
has-unittrue
extent[6]
requiredtrue
descriptionThe [xx,yy,zz,yz,xz,xy] components of the prescribed symmetric Cauchy stress tensor. The numerical value of the stress tensor of a test result or reference data may be different due to tolerance, and can be checked by inspecting the output files of the test or the reference data description. The components should be expressed in the same coordinate system as the structure specified by prototype-label and parameter-values, with the orientation of lattice vectors defined in M. J. Mehl et al., Comput. Mater. Sci. 136, S1 (2017).

prototype-label

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[]
requiredtrue
descriptionPrototype label (not including an enumeration suffix) as defined by the AFLOW standard (e.g. 'A_tI4_141_a') for the structure. It is expected that the alphabetically lowest of all equivalent labels is chosen.

stoichiometric-species

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[":"]
requiredtrue
descriptionElement symbols corresponding to the atom types in the stoichiometric formula which appears at the start of the prototype label (e.g. ['Mo','S'] for the AB2 stoichiometric formula, means that the 'A' atom is 'Mo' and the 'B' atom is 'S' for the MoS_2 structure).

temperature

typefloat
has-unittrue
extent[]
requiredtrue
descriptionTemperature of the crystal.

coordinates-file

typefile
has-unitfalse
extent[]
requiredfalse
descriptionA file containing the atomic configuration including information such as the species, x,y,z coordinates of each particle, and periodicity data.

library-prototype-label

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[]
requiredfalse
descriptionThe AFLOW library prototype, if any, matching the equilibrium structure. Prototypes in the AFLOW library are associated with common short names used by the materials community. The library prototype includes an integer enumeration suffix defined by the AFLOW standard when there are multiple parameter values associated with the structure (e.g. 'A_tI4_141_a-001' for 'betaSn'). Because these prototype labels are named according to their original material's conventional chemical formula, they may differ from the 'prototype-label' key, which is expected to be standardized to have the alphabetically lowest possible of all equivalent labels.

parameter-names

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[":"]
requiredfalse
descriptionNames of the parameters other than 'a', if present, corresponding to this AFLOW prototype. These can include lattice parameters from the set {'b/a','c/a','alpha','beta','gamma'} (for the conventional crystal structure defined by lattice parameters a, b, and c and angles alpha, beta, gamma), and coordinates of Wyckoff positions that have a degree of variability labeled as 'x*', 'y*' and 'z*' where the asterisk represents an integer as defined by the AFLOW standard.

parameter-values

typefloat
has-unitfalse
extent[":"]
requiredfalse
descriptionEquilibrium values for the parameters listed in 'parameter-names' corresponding to the average positions of the atoms. Note that all parameters are dimensionless.

short-name

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[":"]
requiredfalse
descriptionCommonly used name associated with the 'library-prototype-label' key according to the AFLOW prototype library (e.g. 'Face-Centered Cubic' or 'Molybdenite').


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