Introduction
pyriodic-aflow is an adapter that makes the crystal
prototypes found in the AFLOW
project available using the API of the
pyriodic python library.
This project is not affiliated with AFLOW and merely provides a streamlined way to access the data using a python interface.
Installation
Install pyriodic-aflow from source:
pip install git+https://github.com/klarh/pyriodic-aflow
Citation
The AFLOW developers request that you cite the following papers when using data from their database:
- M. J. Mehl, D. Hicks, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 1, Comp. Mat. Sci. 136, S1-S828 (2017). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.01.017)
- D. Hicks, M. J. Mehl, E. Gossett, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 2, Comp. Mat. Sci. 161, S1-S1011 (2019). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.10.043)
