"""Dimer: Diffusion along rows""" import numpy as np from math import sqrt from ase import Atoms, Atom from ase.io import Trajectory from ase.constraints import FixAtoms from ase.optimize import QuasiNewton from ase.calculators.emt import EMT from ase.dimer import DimerControl, MinModeAtoms, MinModeTranslate # Setting up the initial image: a = 4.0614 b = a / sqrt(2) h = b / 2 initial = Atoms('Al2', positions=[(0, 0, 0), (a / 2, b / 2, -h)], cell=(a, b, 2 * h), pbc=(1, 1, 0)) initial *= (2, 2, 2) initial.append(Atom('Al', (a / 2, b / 2, 3 * h))) initial.center(vacuum=4.0, axis=2) N = len(initial) # number of atoms # Make a mask of zeros and ones that select fixed atoms - the two # bottom layers: mask = initial.positions[:, 2] - min(initial.positions[:, 2]) < 1.5 * h constraint = FixAtoms(mask=mask) initial.set_constraint(constraint) # Calculate using EMT: initial.calc = EMT() # Relax the initial state: QuasiNewton(initial).run(fmax=0.05) e0 = initial.get_potential_energy() traj = Trajectory('dimer_along.traj', 'w', initial) traj.write() # Making dimer mask list: d_mask = [False] * (N - 1) + [True] # Set up the dimer: d_control = DimerControl(initial_eigenmode_method='displacement', displacement_method='vector', logfile=None, mask=d_mask) d_atoms = MinModeAtoms(initial, d_control) # Displacement settings: displacement_vector = np.zeros((N, 3)) # Strength of displacement along y axis = along row: displacement_vector[-1, 1] = 0.001 # The direction of the displacement is set by the a in # displacement_vector[-1, a], where a can be 0 for x, 1 for y and 2 for z. d_atoms.displace(displacement_vector=displacement_vector) # Converge to a saddle point: dim_rlx = MinModeTranslate(d_atoms, trajectory=traj, logfile=None) dim_rlx.run(fmax=0.001) diff = initial.get_potential_energy() - e0 print(('The energy barrier is %f eV.' % diff))