Source code for xrayutilities.materials.heuslerlib

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"""
implement convenience functions to define Heusler materials.
"""

from . import elements
from .material import Crystal
from .spacegrouplattice import SGLattice

__all__ = ['FullHeuslerCubic225', 'FullHeuslerCubic225_A2',
           'FullHeuslerCubic225_B2', 'FullHeuslerCubic225_DO3',
           'HeuslerHexagonal194', 'HeuslerTetragonal119',
           'HeuslerTetragonal139', 'InverseHeuslerCubic216']


def _check_elements(*elem):
    ret = []
    for el in elem:
        if isinstance(el, str):
            ret.append(getattr(elements, el))
        else:
            ret.append(el)
    return ret


[docs] def FullHeuslerCubic225(X, Y, Z, a, biso=(0, 0, 0), occ=(1, 1, 1)): """ Full Heusler structure with formula X2YZ. Strukturberichte symbol L2_1; space group Fm-3m (225) Parameters ---------- X, Y, Z : str or Element elements a : float cubic lattice parameter in angstrom biso : list of floats, optional Debye Waller factors for X, Y, Z elements occ : list of floats, optional occupation numbers for the elements X, Y, Z Returns ------- Crystal Crystal describing the Heusler material """ x, y, z = _check_elements(X, Y, Z) return Crystal(f'{x.basename}2{y.basename}{z.basename}', SGLattice(225, a, atoms=[x, y, z], pos=['8c', '4a', '4b'], b=biso, occ=occ))
[docs] def FullHeuslerCubic225_B2(X, Y, Z, a, b2dis, biso=(0, 0, 0), occ=(1, 1, 1)): """ Full Heusler structure with formula X2YZ. Strukturberichte symbol L2_1; space group Fm-3m (225) with B2-type (CsCl) disorder Parameters ---------- X, Y, Z : str or Element elements a : float cubic lattice parameter in angstrom b2dis : float amount of B2-type disorder (0: fully ordered, 1: fully disordered) biso : list of floats, optional Debye Waller factors for X, Y, Z elements occ : list of floats, optional occupation numbers for the elements X, Y, Z Returns ------- Crystal Crystal describing the Heusler material """ x, y, z = _check_elements(X, Y, Z) return Crystal(f'{x.basename}2{y.basename}{z.basename}', SGLattice(225, a, atoms=[x, y, z, y, z], pos=['8c', '4a', '4b', '4b', '4a'], occ=[1*occ[0], (1-b2dis/2.)*occ[1], (1-b2dis/2.)*occ[2], b2dis/2.*occ[1], b2dis/2.*occ[2]], b=biso + [biso[1], biso[2]]))
[docs] def FullHeuslerCubic225_A2(X, Y, Z, a, a2dis, biso=(0, 0, 0), occ=(1, 1, 1)): """ Full Heusler structure with formula X2YZ. Strukturberichte symbol L2_1; space group Fm-3m (225) with A2-type (W) disorder Parameters ---------- X, Y, Z : str or Element elements a : float cubic lattice parameter in angstrom a2dis : float amount of A2-type disorder (0: fully ordered, 1: fully disordered) biso : list of floats, optional Debye Waller factors for X, Y, Z elements occ : list of floats, optional occupation numbers for the elements X, Y, Z Returns ------- Crystal Crystal describing the Heusler material """ x, y, z = _check_elements(X, Y, Z) return Crystal(f'{x.basename}2{y.basename}{z.basename}', SGLattice(225, a, atoms=[x, x, x, y, y, y, z, z, z], pos=['8c', '4a', '4b', '8c', '4a', '4b', '8c', '4a', '4b'], occ=[(1-a2dis/2.)*occ[0], a2dis/2.*occ[0], a2dis/2.*occ[0], a2dis/4.*occ[1], (1-a2dis*3./4.)*occ[1], a2dis/4.*occ[1], a2dis/4.*occ[2], a2dis/4.*occ[2], (1-a2dis*3./4.)*occ[2]], b=[biso[0], ]*3 + [biso[1], ]*3 + [biso[2], ]*3))
[docs] def FullHeuslerCubic225_DO3(X, Y, Z, a, do3disxy, do3disxz, biso=(0, 0, 0), occ=(1, 1, 1)): """ Full Heusler structure with formula X2YZ. Strukturberichte symbol L2_1; space group Fm-3m (225) with DO_3-type (BiF3) disorder, either between atoms X <-> Y or X <-> Z. Parameters ---------- X, Y, Z : str or Element elements a : float cubic lattice parameter in angstrom do3disxy : float amount of DO_3-type disorder between X and Y atoms (0: fully ordered, 1: fully disordered) do3disxz : float amount of DO_3-type disorder between X and Z atoms (0: fully ordered, 1: fully disordered) biso : list of floats, optional Debye Waller factors for X, Y, Z elements occ : list of floats, optional occupation numbers for the elements X, Y, Z Returns ------- Crystal Crystal describing the Heusler material """ x, y, z = _check_elements(X, Y, Z) return Crystal(f'{x.basename}2{y.basename}{z.basename}', SGLattice(225, a, atoms=[x, y, z, x, y, x, z], pos=['8c', '4a', '4b', '4a', '8c', '4b', '8c'], occ=[(1-do3disxy/3.-do3disxz/3.)*occ[0], (1-do3disxy*2/3.)*occ[1], (1-do3disxz*2/3.)*occ[2], do3disxy*2/3.*occ[0], do3disxy*1/3.*occ[1], do3disxz*2/3.*occ[0], do3disxz*1/3.*occ[2]], b=biso + [biso[0], biso[1]] + [biso[0], biso[2]]))
[docs] def InverseHeuslerCubic216(X, Y, Z, a, biso=(0, 0, 0), occ=(1, 1, 1)): """ Full Heusler structure with formula (XY)X'Z structure; space group F-43m (216) Parameters ---------- X, Y, Z : str or Element elements a : float cubic lattice parameter in angstrom Returns ------- Crystal Crystal describing the Heusler material """ x, y, z = _check_elements(X, Y, Z) return Crystal(f'({x.basename}{y.basename}){x.basename}\'{z.basename}', SGLattice(216, a, atoms=[x, x, y, z], pos=['4a', '4d', '4b', '4c'], b=[biso[0], ] + biso, occ=[occ[0], ] + occ))
[docs] def HeuslerTetragonal139(X, Y, Z, a, c, biso=(0, 0, 0), occ=(1, 1, 1)): """ Tetragonal Heusler structure with formula X2YZ space group I4/mmm (139) Parameters ---------- X, Y, Z : str or Element elements a, c : float tetragonal lattice parameters in angstrom Returns ------- Crystal Crystal describing the Heusler material """ x, y, z = _check_elements(X, Y, Z) return Crystal(f'{x.basename}2{y.basename}{z.basename}', SGLattice(139, a, c, atoms=[x, y, z], pos=['4d', '2b', '2a'], b=biso, occ=occ))
[docs] def HeuslerTetragonal119(X, Y, Z, a, c, biso=(0, 0, 0), occ=(1, 1, 1)): """ Tetragonal Heusler structure with formula X2YZ space group I-4m2 (119) Parameters ---------- X, Y, Z : str or Element elements a, c : float tetragonal lattice parameters in angstrom Returns ------- Crystal Crystal describing the Heusler material """ x, y, z = _check_elements(X, Y, Z) return Crystal(f'{x.basename}2{y.basename}{z.basename}', SGLattice(119, a, c, atoms=[x, x, y, z], pos=['2b', '2c', '2d', '2a'], b=[biso[0], ] + biso, occ=[occ[0], ] + occ))
[docs] def HeuslerHexagonal194(X, Y, Z, a, c, biso=(0, 0, 0), occ=(1, 1, 1)): """ Hexagonal Heusler structure with formula XYZ space group P63/mmc (194) Parameters ---------- X, Y, Z : str or Element elements a, c : float hexagonal lattice parameters in angstrom Returns ------- Crystal Crystal describing the Heusler material """ x, y, z = _check_elements(X, Y, Z) return Crystal(f'{x.basename}{y.basename}{z.basename}', SGLattice(194, a, c, atoms=[x, y, z], pos=['2a', '2c', '2d'], b=biso, occ=occ))