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Atomic Simulation Environment - a set of tools for setting up, manipulating, running, visualizing, and analyzing atomistic simulations. Acts as a universal interface between Python and numerous quantum chemical and molecular dynamics codes. Use for building atomic structures, geometry optimization, molecular dynamics simulations, transition state searches (NEB), file format conversion (CIF, XYZ, POSCAR, PDB), electronic property calculations (DOS, band structures), and automating simulation workflows with DFT/MD codes like VASP, GPAW, Quantum ESPRESSO, LAMMPS.
Installation and usage
Atomic Simulation Environment - a set of tools for setting up, manipulating, running, visualizing, and analyzing atomistic simulations. Acts as a universal interface between Python and numerous quantum chemical and molecular dynamics codes. Use for building atomic structures, geometry optimization, molecular dynamics simulations, transition state searches (NEB), file format conversion (CIF, XYZ, POSCAR, PDB), electronic property calculations (DOS, band structures), and automating simulation workflows with DFT/MD codes like VASP, GPAW, Quantum ESPRESSO, LAMMPS.
Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:
skills use ase