CIF2Cell

Generating cells for electronic structure calculations from CIF files

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Description

CIF2Cell is a tool to generate the geometrical setup for various electronic structure codes from a CIF (Crystallographic Information Framework) file. The program currently supports output for a number of popular electronic structure programs, including ABINIT, ASE, Siesta, CASTEP, CRYSTAL09, Elk, Exciting, Fleur, RSPt, SPR-KKR, VASP and xyz-files. The program has been published in Computer Physics Communications 182 (2011) 1183–1186. Please cite generously.

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Features

  • Generation of crystallographic cells from CIF file data
  • Exports many different electronic structure program formats (abinit, ASE, CASTEP, CPMD, Crystal09, Elk, EMTO, Exciting, Fleur, RSPt, Siesta, SPR-KKR, VASP, xyz)
  • Documented soure code
  • Supercell generation
  • Manual/Tutorial
  • Stability tested against the Crystallography Open Database and ICSD.

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  • Posted by Max 2012-11-07

    terrific program

  • Posted by Lukas 2012-12-18

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Additional Project Details

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, Education, Science/Research

User Interface

Command-line, Console/Terminal

Programming Language

Python

Registered

2010-10-08

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