Elastic Tensors#
Let’s do something more interesting that normally takes quite a bit of work in DFT: calculating an elastic constant! Elastic properties are important to understand how strong or easy to deform a material is, or how a material might change if compressed or expanded in specific directions (i.e. the Poisson ratio!).
We don’t have to change much code from above, we just use a built-in recipe to calculate the elastic tensor from quacc. This recipe
(optionally) Relaxes the unit cell using the MLIP
Generates a number of deformed unit cells by applying strains
For each deformation, a relaxation using the MLIP and (optionally) a single point calculation is run
Finally, all of the above calculations are used to calculate the elastic properties of the material
For more documentation, see the quacc docs for quacc.recipes.mlp.elastic_tensor_flow
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from __future__ import annotations
from ase.build import bulk
from quacc.recipes.mlp.elastic import elastic_tensor_flow
# Make an Atoms object of a bulk Cu structure
atoms = bulk("Cu")
# Run an elastic property calculation with our favorite MLP potential
result = elastic_tensor_flow(
atoms,
job_params={
"all": dict(
method="fairchem",
name_or_path="uma-s-1p1",
task_name="omat",
),
},
)
WARNING:root:device was not explicitly set, using device='cuda'.
WARNING:root:The 'seed' argument is deprecated and will be removed in future versions. Please set the seed in the MLIPPredictUnit configuration instead.
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result["elasticity_doc"].bulk_modulus
BulkModulus(voigt=154.385, reuss=154.385, vrh=154.385)
Congratulations, you ran your first elastic tensor calculation!