Source code for aiida_vasp.utils.neb

"""
Utility functions for running NEB calculations
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import numpy as np
from aiida import orm
from aiida.engine import calcfunction
from aiida.orm import StructureData

try:
    from ase.mep.neb import NEB
except ModuleNotFoundError:
    from ase.neb import NEB


[docs] @calcfunction def neb_interpolate( init_structure: StructureData, final_structure: StructureData, nimages: orm.Int ) -> dict[str, StructureData]: """ Interpolate NEB frames using the starting and the final structures Get around the PBC wrapping problem by calculating the MIC displacements from the initial to the final structure The initial structure is not changed, while the final structure is modified to be consistent with the initial structure in terms of absolute displacements, i.e. the final structure is *unwrapped*. """ ainit = init_structure.get_ase() afinal = final_structure.get_ase() disps = [] # Find distances acombined = ainit.copy() acombined.extend(afinal) # Get piece-wise MIC distances for i in range(len(ainit)): dist = acombined.get_distance(i, i + len(ainit), vector=True, mic=True) disps.append(dist.tolist()) disps = np.asarray(disps) afinal = ainit.copy() # Displace the atoms according to MIC distances afinal.positions += disps neb = NEB([ainit.copy() for i in range(int(nimages) + 1)] + [afinal.copy()]) neb.interpolate() out_init = StructureData(ase=neb.images[0]) out_init.label = init_structure.label + ' INIT' out_final = StructureData(ase=neb.images[-1]) out_final.label = init_structure.label + ' FINAL' outputs = {'image_init': out_init} for i, out in enumerate(neb.images[1:-1]): outputs[f'image_{i + 1:02d}'] = StructureData(ase=out) outputs[f'image_{i + 1:02d}'].label = init_structure.label + f' FRAME {i + 1:02d}' outputs['image_final'] = out_final return outputs
[docs] @calcfunction def fix_atom_order(reference: StructureData, to_fix: StructureData) -> StructureData: """ Fix atom order by finding NN distances between two frames. This resolves the issue where two closely matching structures having different atomic orders. Note that the two frames must be close enough for this to work """ aref = reference.get_ase() afix = to_fix.get_ase() # Index of the reference atom in the second structure new_indices = np.zeros(len(aref), dtype=int) # Find distances acombined = aref.copy() acombined.extend(afix) # Get piece-wise MIC distances for i in range(len(aref)): dists = [] for j in range(len(aref)): dist = acombined.get_distance(i, j + len(aref), mic=True) dists.append(dist) min_idx = np.argmin(dists) min_dist = min(dists) if min_dist > 0.5: print(f'Large displacement found - moving atom {j} to {i} - please check if this is correct!') new_indices[i] = min_idx afixed = afix[new_indices] fixed_structure = StructureData(ase=afixed) fixed_structure.label = to_fix.label + ' UPDATED ORDER' return fixed_structure