Generate crystal models in a few clicks. Describe unit cells, import CIF files, model defects and impurities. Cut crystals.
This SAMSON Element makes it possible to generate crystal models in a few clicks.
Create crystal models from scratch
The contained app lets you create crystal models from scratch:
Cut crystals
The associated property model makes it possible to cut the crystal according to Miller indices and expose the important crystal planes:
Import crystal models
Finally, this SAMSON Element contains an importer to read CIF files.
Once a unit cell is written or imported, it can be repeated in the directions of the lattice vectors to create a complete crystal.
Each repetition is not a mere copy but is generated again so that defects and impurities are modeled:
Documentation
Please refer to the "Generating crystal models" tutorial for more information.
References
This SAMSON Element has been originally created by Francois Rousse as a part of his research work at NANO-D, Inria.
What's new
- 0.7.6: Importer for cif files: added possibility to create bonds from the file (_geom_bond* fields).
- 0.7.5: Importer for cif files: taking care of _atom_site_disorder_group and _atom_site_disorder_assembly fields.
- 0.7.4: Bug fixes.
- 0.7.3: Choice of the seed for generating crystals.
Crystal Creator is an extension for SAMSON,
the integrated platform for molecular design.
To use Crystal Creator:
| 1. Create your free account
and choose a molecular design plan
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| 2. Download
and install SAMSON on your computer
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| 3. Come back to this page to add the extension to your
account |
When you restart SAMSON, the extension will be automatically installed
and will be usable directly from within SAMSON.
