Source code for matador.utils.cell_utils

# coding: utf-8
# Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.

""" This submodule implements some useful functions for real/reciprocal
cell manipulation, symmetry checking and sampling (e.g. grids and paths.)

"""

from __future__ import annotations
from typing import Dict, Any, Union, Tuple, List, TYPE_CHECKING

import numpy as np

from matador.data.periodic_table import PERIODIC_TABLE

if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from matador.crystal import Crystal


EPS = 1e-12


[docs]def abc2cart(lattice_abc: List[List[float]]) -> List[List[float]]: """Converts lattice parameters into Cartesian lattice vectors. Parameters: lattice_abc: The lattice parameters [[a, b, c], [alpha, beta, gamma]] Returns: Cartesian lattice vectors. """ assert len(lattice_abc) == 2 assert len(lattice_abc[0]) == 3 assert len(lattice_abc[1]) == 3 a = lattice_abc[0][0] b = lattice_abc[0][1] c = lattice_abc[0][2] deg2rad = np.pi / 180 alpha = lattice_abc[1][0] * deg2rad beta = lattice_abc[1][1] * deg2rad gamma = lattice_abc[1][2] * deg2rad lattice_cart = [] lattice_cart.append([a, 0.0, 0.0]) bx = b * np.cos(gamma) by = b * np.sin(gamma) tol = 1e-12 if abs(bx) < tol: bx = 0.0 if abs(by) < tol: by = 0.0 cx = c * np.cos(beta) if abs(cx) < tol: cx = 0.0 cy = c * (np.cos(alpha) - np.cos(beta) * np.cos(gamma)) / np.sin(gamma) if abs(cy) < tol: cy = 0.0 cz = np.sqrt(c**2 - cx**2 - cy**2) lattice_cart.append([bx, by, 0.0]) lattice_cart.append([cx, cy, cz]) return lattice_cart
[docs]def cart2abcstar(lattice_cart: List[List[float]]) -> np.ndarray: """Convert Cartesian lattice vectors to the reciprocal of the lattice vectors, NOT the reciprocal lattice vectors (useful when writing PDB files). Parameters: lattice_cart: Cartesian lattice vectors. Returns: Reciprocal of the lattice vectors. """ return np.asarray(real2recip(lattice_cart)) / (2 * np.pi)
[docs]def cart2volume(lattice_cart: List[List[float]]) -> float: """Convert lattice_cart to cell volume. Parameters: lattice_cart: Cartesian lattice vectors. Returns: Cell volume in the same unit as the lattice vectors (cubed). """ lattice_cart = np.asarray(lattice_cart) vol = np.abs(np.dot(np.cross(lattice_cart[0], lattice_cart[1]), lattice_cart[2])) return vol
[docs]def cart2abc(lattice_cart: List[List[float]]) -> List[List[float]]: """Convert Cartesian lattice vectors to lattice parametres. Parameters: lattice_cart: Cartesian lattice vectors. Returns: The lattice parameters :math:`[(a, b, c), (\\alpha, \\beta, \\gamma)]`. """ vecs = lattice_cart lattice_abc = [] a, b, c = (np.sqrt(sum([val**2 for val in vec])) for vec in vecs) lattice_abc.append([a, b, c]) # np.cos(alpha) = b.c /|b * c| radians2deg = 180.0 / np.pi cos_alpha = sum([val_b * val_c for (val_c, val_b) in zip(vecs[2], vecs[1])]) / ( b * c ) cos_beta = sum([val_c * val_a for (val_c, val_a) in zip(vecs[2], vecs[0])]) / ( c * a ) cos_gamma = sum([val_a * val_b for (val_a, val_b) in zip(vecs[0], vecs[1])]) / ( a * b ) alpha = radians2deg * np.arccos(cos_alpha) beta = radians2deg * np.arccos(cos_beta) gamma = radians2deg * np.arccos(cos_gamma) lattice_abc.append([alpha, beta, gamma]) return lattice_abc
[docs]def frac2cart( lattice_cart: List[List[float]], positions_frac: List[List[float]] ) -> List[List[float]]: """Convert positions_frac block into positions_abs. Parameters: lattice_cart: Cartesian lattice vectors. positions_frac: List of fractional position vectors. Returns: List of absolute position vectors. """ _positions_frac = np.asarray(positions_frac) reshaped = False if len(np.shape(_positions_frac)) == 1: reshaped = True _positions_frac = _positions_frac.reshape((1, 3)) _lattice_cart = np.asarray(lattice_cart) positions_abs = switch_coords(_lattice_cart, _positions_frac) if reshaped: positions_abs = positions_abs.reshape(-1) return positions_abs.tolist()
[docs]def wrap_frac_coords( positions: Union[List[List[float]], List[float]], remove: bool = False ) -> Union[List[List[float]], List[float]]: """Wrap the given fractional coordinates back into the cell. Parameters: positions: list of fractional position vectors, or a single position. Keyword arguments: remove: if True, removes points exterior to the cell. Returns: List of wrapped fractional position vectors. """ from copy import deepcopy wrapped = deepcopy(positions) single = False if len(wrapped) == 3 and isinstance(wrapped[0], float): wrapped = [wrapped] single = True if remove: to_remove = len(wrapped) * [False] for ind, pos in enumerate(wrapped): for k in range(3): if pos[k] >= 1 or pos[k] < 0: if remove: to_remove[ind] = True break else: wrapped[ind][k] %= 1 if remove: wrapped = [wrapped[ind] for ind, res in enumerate(to_remove) if not res] if single: return wrapped[0] return wrapped
[docs]def switch_coords( lattice: np.ndarray, pos: np.ndarray, norm: float = None ) -> np.ndarray: """Act on coordinates with the relevant lattice vectors to switch from fractional to absolute coordinates. Parameters: lattice: either lattice_cart or reciprocal lattice_cart (3x3 array) pos: input positions to convert (3xN array for N atoms). Keyword arguments: norm (float): divide final coordinates by normalisation factor, e.g. :math:`2 \\pi` when lattice is recip and positions are cartesian. Returns: 3xN array of converted positions. """ new_pos = np.zeros_like(pos) for ni, _ in enumerate(pos): for j in range(3): new_pos[ni] += lattice[j] * pos[ni][j] if norm is not None: new_pos /= norm return new_pos
[docs]def cart2frac( lattice_cart: List[List[float]], positions_abs: List[List[float]] ) -> List[List[float]]: """Convert positions_abs block into positions_frac (and equivalent in reciprocal space). Parameters: lattice_cart: Cartesian lattice vectors. positions_abs: list of absolute position vectors. Returns: List of fractional position vectors with the same shape as the input list. """ _positions_abs = np.asarray(positions_abs, dtype=np.float64) reshaped = False if len(np.shape(_positions_abs)) == 1: reshaped = True _positions_abs = _positions_abs.reshape((1, 3)) recip_lat = np.asarray(real2recip(lattice_cart)) recip_lat = recip_lat.T positions_frac = switch_coords(recip_lat, _positions_abs, norm=2 * np.pi) if reshaped: positions_frac = positions_frac.reshape(-1) return positions_frac.tolist()
[docs]def real2recip(real_lat: List[List[float]]) -> List[List[float]]: """Convert the real lattice in Cartesian basis to the reciprocal space lattice. Parameters: real_lat: Cartesian lattice vectors. Returns: Cartesian lattice vectors of reciprocal lattice. """ real_lat = np.asarray(real_lat) recip_lat = np.zeros((3, 3)) volume = np.dot(real_lat[0], np.cross(real_lat[1], real_lat[2])) recip_lat[0] = (2 * np.pi) * np.cross(real_lat[1], real_lat[2]) recip_lat[1] = (2 * np.pi) * np.cross(real_lat[2], real_lat[0]) recip_lat[2] = (2 * np.pi) * np.cross(real_lat[0], real_lat[1]) recip_lat /= volume return recip_lat.tolist()
[docs]def calc_mp_grid( lattice_cart: List[List[float]], spacing: float ) -> Tuple[int, int, int]: """Return the Monkhorst-Pack grid based on lattice vectors and desired spacing. Parameters: lattice_cart: Cartesian lattice vectors. spacing: desired maximum grid spacing. Returns: List of 3 integers defining the MP grid. """ recip_lat = real2recip(lattice_cart) recip_len = np.zeros((3)) recip_len = np.sqrt(np.sum(np.power(recip_lat, 2), axis=1)) mp_grid = recip_len / (2 * np.pi * spacing) return [int(np.ceil(elem)) for elem in mp_grid]
[docs]def shift_to_include_gamma(mp_grid: Tuple[int, int, int]) -> Tuple[float, float, float]: """Calculate the shift required to include the :math:`\\Gamma`-point in the Monkhorst-Pack grid. Parameters: mp_grid: number of grid points in each reciprocal space direction. Returns: The shift required to include the :math:`\\Gamma`. """ shift = [0, 0, 0] for ind, val in enumerate(mp_grid): if val % 2 == 0: shift[ind] = 1.0 / (val * 2) return shift
[docs]def shift_to_exclude_gamma(mp_grid: Tuple[int, int, int]) -> Tuple[float, float, float]: """Calculate the shift required to exclude the :math:`\\Gamma`-point in the Monkhorst-Pack grid. Returns the "minimal shift", i.e. only one direction will be shifted. Parameters: mp_grid: number of grid points in each reciprocal space direction. Returns: The shift required to exclude :math:`\\Gamma`. """ shift = [0, 0, 0] if all([val % 2 == 1 for val in mp_grid]): for ind, val in enumerate(mp_grid): if val % 2 == 1: shift[ind] = 1.0 / (val * 2) break return shift
[docs]def get_best_mp_offset_for_cell(doc: Union[Dict[str, Any], Crystal]) -> List[float]: """Calculates the "best" kpoint_mp_offset to use for the passed cell. If the crystal has a hexagonal space group, then the offset returned will shift the grid to include :math:`\\Gamma`-point, and vice versa for non-hexagonal cells. Parameters: doc: matador document/Crystal to consider, containing structural information and a "kpoints_mp_spacing" key. Returns: The desired `kpoint_mp_offset`. """ gamma = False if "6" in get_spacegroup_spg(doc, symprec=1e-5): gamma = True if "lattice_cart" not in doc or "kpoints_mp_spacing" not in doc: raise RuntimeError("Unable to calculate offset without lattice or spacing") mp_grid = calc_mp_grid(doc["lattice_cart"], doc["kpoints_mp_spacing"]) if gamma: return shift_to_include_gamma(mp_grid) return shift_to_exclude_gamma(mp_grid)
[docs]def calc_mp_spacing( real_lat: List[List[float]], mp_grid: Tuple[int, int, int], prec: int = 3 ) -> float: """Convert real lattice in Cartesian basis and the CASTEP `kpoint_mp_grid` into a CASTEP grid spacing. Parameters: real_lat: Cartesian lattice vectors. mp_grid: 3 integers defining the MP grid. Keyword arguments: prec: desired decimal precision of output. Returns: `kpoint_mp_spacing` rounded to `prec` decimal places. """ recip_lat = real2recip(real_lat) recip_len = np.zeros((3)) recip_len = np.sqrt(np.sum(np.power(recip_lat, 2), axis=1)) spacing = recip_len / (2 * np.pi * np.asarray(mp_grid)) max_spacing = np.max(spacing) exponent = round(np.log10(max_spacing) - prec) return round(max_spacing + 0.5 * 10**exponent, prec)
[docs]def get_seekpath_kpoint_path( doc: Union[Dict[str, Any], Tuple], standardize: bool = True, explicit: bool = True, spacing: float = 0.01, threshold: float = 1e-7, debug: bool = False, symmetry_tol: float = None, ) -> Tuple[Dict[str, Any], List[List[float]], Dict[str, Any]]: """Return the conventional kpoint path of the relevant crystal system according to the definitions by "HKPOT" in Comp. Mat. Sci. 128, 2017: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2016.10.015 Parameters: doc: matador doc or spglib tuple to find kpoint path for. Keyword arguments: spacing: desired kpoint spacing threshold: internal seekpath threshold symmetry_tol: spglib symmetry tolerance Returns: dict: standardized version of input doc list: list of kpoint positions dict: full dictionary of all seekpath results """ try: from seekpath import get_explicit_k_path, get_path except ImportError: raise ImportError( "SeeK-Path dependency missing, please install it with `pip install seekpath`." ) if symmetry_tol is None: symmetry_tol = 1e-5 if isinstance(doc, tuple): spg_structure = doc else: if standardize: spg_structure = doc2spg(standardize_doc_cell(doc, symprec=symmetry_tol)) else: spg_structure = doc2spg(doc) if explicit: seekpath_results = get_explicit_k_path( spg_structure, reference_distance=spacing, with_time_reversal=True, symprec=symmetry_tol, threshold=threshold, ) kpt_path = seekpath_results["explicit_kpoints_rel"] else: seekpath_results = get_path(spg_structure) kpt_path = [] primitive_doc = dict() primitive_doc["lattice_cart"] = seekpath_results["primitive_lattice"] primitive_doc["positions_frac"] = seekpath_results["primitive_positions"] primitive_doc["atom_types"] = [ list(PERIODIC_TABLE)[i] for i in seekpath_results["primitive_types"] ] primitive_doc["num_atoms"] = len(primitive_doc["atom_types"]) primitive_doc["lattice_abc"] = cart2abc(primitive_doc["lattice_cart"]) primitive_doc["cell_volume"] = cart2volume(primitive_doc["lattice_cart"]) if debug: print( "Found lattice type {}".format(seekpath_results["bravais_lattice_extended"]) ) print("Old lattice:\n", np.asarray(doc["lattice_cart"])) print("Contained {} atoms".format(doc["num_atoms"])) print("New lattice:\n", np.asarray(primitive_doc["lattice_cart"])) print("Contains {} atoms".format(primitive_doc["num_atoms"])) print("k-point path contains {} points.".format(len(kpt_path))) if "site_occupancy" in doc: if min(doc["site_occupancy"]) < 1 - EPS: print("Ignoring any site occupancy found in this cell.") primitive_doc["site_occupancy"] = [1 for atom in primitive_doc["atom_types"]] return primitive_doc, kpt_path, seekpath_results
[docs]def doc2spg( doc: Union[Dict[str, Any], "Crystal"], check_occ: bool = True ) -> Tuple[List[List[float]], List[List[float]], List[int]]: """Return an spglib input tuple from a matador doc. Parameters: doc: matador document or Crystal object. Keyword arguments: check_occ: check for partial occupancy and raise an error if present. Returns: tuple: spglib-style tuple of lattice, positions and types. """ from matador.utils.chem_utils import get_atomic_number try: if "lattice_cart" not in doc: doc["lattice_cart"] = abc2cart(doc["lattice_abc"]) except KeyError: raise RuntimeError("doc2spg failed: unable to find lattice in document.") required_keys = ("lattice_cart", "positions_frac", "atom_types") if all(key in doc for key in required_keys): if "lattice_cart" not in doc: doc["lattice_cart"] = abc2cart(doc["lattice_abc"]) cell = ( doc["lattice_cart"], doc["positions_frac"], [get_atomic_number(elem) for elem in doc["atom_types"]], ) if check_occ and np.min(doc.get("site_occupancy", [1.0])) < 1.0: raise RuntimeError("spglib does not support partial occupancy.") return cell else: raise RuntimeError( f"Unable to use doc2spg, one of {required_keys} was missing." )
[docs]def get_space_group_label_latex(label: str) -> str: """Return the LaTeX format of the passed space group label. Takes any string, leaves the first character upright, italicses the rest, handles subscripts and bars over numbers. Parameters: label: a given space group in "standard" plain text format, e.g. P-63m to convert to '$P\\bar{6}3m$'. Returns: The best attempt to convert the label to LaTeX format. """ import re return "${}$".format(re.sub("-(?P<number>[0-9])", "\\\\bar{\\g<number>}", label))
[docs]def standardize_doc_cell( doc: Union["Crystal", Dict[str, Any]], primitive: bool = True, symprec: float = 1e-2 ) -> Union["Crystal", Dict[str, Any]]: """Return standardized cell data from matador doc. Parameters: doc: matador document or Crystal object to standardize. Keyword arguments: primitive: whether to reduce cell to primitive. symprec: spglib symmetry tolerance. Returns: A matador document/`Crystal` containing standardized cell. """ import spglib as spg from matador.utils.chem_utils import get_atomic_symbol from copy import deepcopy from matador.crystal import Crystal spg_cell = doc2spg(doc) spg_standardized = spg.standardize_cell( spg_cell, to_primitive=primitive, symprec=symprec ) if not isinstance(doc, Crystal): std_doc = deepcopy(doc) else: std_doc = deepcopy(doc._data) std_doc["lattice_cart"] = [list(vec) for vec in spg_standardized[0]] std_doc["lattice_abc"] = cart2abc(std_doc["lattice_cart"]) std_doc["positions_frac"] = [list(atom) for atom in spg_standardized[1]] std_doc["atom_types"] = [get_atomic_symbol(atom) for atom in spg_standardized[2]] std_doc["site_occupancy"] = len(std_doc["positions_frac"]) * [1] std_doc["cell_volume"] = cart2volume(std_doc["lattice_cart"]) std_doc["space_group"] = get_spacegroup_spg(std_doc, symprec=symprec) # if the original document was a crystal, return a new one if isinstance(doc, Crystal): std_doc = Crystal(std_doc) return std_doc
[docs]def get_spacegroup_spg( doc: Union[Dict[str, Any], Crystal], symprec: float = 0.01, check_occ: bool = True ): """Return spglib spacegroup for a cell. Parameters: doc: matador document or Crystal object. Keyword arguments: symprec: spglib symmetry tolerance. Returns: The H-M space group symbol of structure. """ import spglib as spg spg_cell = doc2spg(doc, check_occ=check_occ) space_group = spg.get_spacegroup(spg_cell, symprec=symprec) if space_group is None: raise RuntimeError("Spglib was unable to calculate space group.") return space_group.split(" ")[0]
[docs]def get_compatible_spacegroups( doc: Union[Dict[str, Any], Crystal], symprec_range=(-5, 0) ) -> Dict[float, str]: """Return the space group of a given crystal for the range of symprecs. Parameters: doc: The crystal to analyse. symprec_range: The range of symprecs to test (log space). Returns: A mapping from symprec to space group symbol. """ spgs = {} for symprec in np.logspace(*symprec_range, num=10): spgs[symprec] = get_spacegroup_spg(doc, symprec=symprec) return spgs
[docs]def add_noise(doc: Dict[str, Any], amplitude: float = 0.1) -> Dict[str, Any]: """Add random noise to the positions of structure contained in doc. Useful for force convergence tests. Parameters: doc: dictionary containing matador structure. Keyword arguments: amplitude: maximum amplitude of noise vector. Raises: KeyError if (`lattice_cart` and `positions_frac`) or `positions_abs` are missing. Returns: The randomised structure. """ poscart = np.asarray( doc.get("positions_abs") or frac2cart(doc["lattice_cart"], doc["positions_frac"]) ) for atom in poscart: noise_vector = np.random.rand(3) noise_vector /= np.sqrt(np.sum(noise_vector**2)) noise_vector *= amplitude * (np.random.rand()) atom += noise_vector doc["positions_abs"] = poscart.tolist() doc["positions_frac"] = cart2frac(doc["lattice_cart"], doc["positions_abs"]) return doc
[docs]def calc_pairwise_distances_pbc( poscart, images, lattice, rmax, poscart_b=None, compress=False, debug=False, filter_zero=False, per_image=False, ): """Calculate PBC distances with SciPy's cdist, given the image cell vectors. Parameters: poscart (numpy.ndarray): list or array of absolute atomic coordinates. images: iterable of lattice vector multiples (e.g. [2, -1, 3]) required to obtain the translation to desired image cells. lattice (:obj:`list` if :obj:`list`): list of lattice vectors of the real cell. rmax (float): maximum value after which to mask the array. Keyword arguments: poscart_b (numpy.ndarray): absolute positions of another type of atom, where only A-B distances will be calculated. debug (bool): print timing data and how many distances were masked. compress (bool): whether or not to compressed the output array, useful when e.g. creating PDFs but not when atom ID is important. filter_zero (bool): whether or not to filter out the "self-interaction" zero distances. per_image (bool): return a list of distances per image, as opposed to one large flat. This preserves atom IDs for use elsewhere. Returns: distances (numpy.ndarray): pairwise 2-D d_ij masked array with values or stripped 1-D array containing just the distances, or a list of numpy arrays if per_image is True. """ from scipy.spatial.distance import cdist import time if debug: start = time.time() _lattice = np.asarray(lattice) _poscart = np.asarray(poscart) image_distances = [] if poscart_b is None: _poscart_b = _poscart else: _poscart_b = np.asarray(poscart_b) num_pairs = len(_poscart) * len(_poscart_b) if per_image: for image_ind, prod in enumerate(images): distances = cdist(_poscart, _poscart_b + prod @ _lattice) distances = np.ma.masked_where(distances > rmax, distances, copy=False) image_distances.append(distances) distances = image_distances else: array_size = len(_poscart) * len(images) * len(_poscart_b) distances = np.empty(array_size) for image_ind, prod in enumerate(images): distances[image_ind * num_pairs : (image_ind + 1) * num_pairs] = cdist( _poscart, _poscart_b + prod @ _lattice ).flatten() distances = np.ma.masked_where(distances > rmax, distances, copy=False) if filter_zero: distances = np.ma.masked_where(distances < EPS, distances, copy=False) if debug: print( "Calculated: {}, Used: {}, Ignored: {}".format( len(distances), np.ma.count(distances), np.ma.count_masked(distances), ) ) if compress: distances = distances.compressed() if debug: end = time.time() print("Calculated distances in {} s".format(end - start)) return distances
[docs]def create_simple_supercell( doc: Union[Dict[str, Any], "Crystal"], extension: Tuple[int, int, int], standardize: bool = False, symmetric: bool = False, ) -> Union[Dict[str, Any], "Crystal"]: """Return a document with new supercell, given extension vector. Parameters: doc: matador doc to construct cell from. extension: multiplicity of each lattice vector, e.g. (2,2,1). Keyword arguments: standardize: whether or not to use spglib to standardize the cell first. symmetric: whether or not centre the new cell on the origin. Returns: The supercell, either as a `Crystal` or as a dictionary, depending on the input type. """ from itertools import product from copy import deepcopy from matador.crystal import Crystal if not all([elem >= 1 for elem in extension]) or extension == (1, 1, 1): raise RuntimeError("Bad/null supercell {} requested...".format(extension)) if isinstance(doc, Crystal): supercell_doc = deepcopy(doc._data) else: supercell_doc = deepcopy(doc) # copy new doc and delete data that will not be corrected keys_to_copy = set( ["positions_frac", "lattice_cart", "atom_types", "source", "stoichiometry"] ) supercell_doc = {key: deepcopy(doc[key]) for key in keys_to_copy} # standardize cell with spglib if standardize: supercell_doc = standardize_doc_cell(supercell_doc) for i, elem in enumerate(extension): supercell_doc["lattice_cart"] = np.asarray(supercell_doc["lattice_cart"]) for k in range(3): supercell_doc["lattice_cart"][i][k] = ( elem * supercell_doc["lattice_cart"][i][k] ) for ind, atom in enumerate(supercell_doc["positions_frac"]): supercell_doc["positions_frac"][ind][i] /= elem images = product(*[list(range(elem)) for elem in extension]) new_positions = [] new_atoms = [] for image in images: if image != (0, 0, 0): for ind, atom in enumerate(supercell_doc["atom_types"]): new_pos = deepcopy(supercell_doc["positions_frac"][ind]) for i, elem in enumerate(image): new_pos[i] += image[i] / extension[i] new_positions.append(new_pos) new_atoms.append(atom) supercell_doc["atom_types"].extend(new_atoms) supercell_doc["positions_frac"].extend(new_positions) if symmetric: supercell_doc["positions_frac"] = np.asarray(supercell_doc["positions_frac"]) supercell_doc["positions_frac"] -= np.mean( supercell_doc["positions_frac"], axis=0 ) supercell_doc["positions_frac"] = supercell_doc["positions_frac"].tolist() supercell_doc["num_atoms"] = len(supercell_doc["atom_types"]) supercell_doc["cell_volume"] = cart2volume(supercell_doc["lattice_cart"]) supercell_doc["lattice_abc"] = cart2abc(supercell_doc["lattice_cart"]) supercell_doc["source"] = doc["source"] supercell_doc["stoichiometry"] = doc["stoichiometry"] assert np.isclose( supercell_doc["cell_volume"], np.prod(extension) * cart2volume(doc["lattice_cart"]), ) if isinstance(doc, Crystal): return Crystal(supercell_doc) return supercell_doc
[docs]def create_supercell_with_minimum_side_length( doc: Union[Dict[str, Any], "Crystal"], target: float ): """Pad the cell such that the minimum side length is greater than the target length. Parameters: doc: The crystal structure to pad. target: The target minimum side length. Returns: The supercell. """ extension = [1, 1, 1] for ind, lat in enumerate(doc.cell.lengths): if lat < target: extension[ind] = int(-(target // -lat)) return create_simple_supercell(doc, extension, standardize=False)