Lattice

Class

Lattice(*args)

General 3D lattice.

Lattice parameters

Real space

Lattice.a1	First lattice vector \(\vec{a}_1\).
Lattice.a2	Second lattice vector \(\vec{a}_2\).
Lattice.a3	Third lattice vector \(\vec{a}_3\).
Lattice.cell	Unit cell of the lattice.
Lattice.unit_cell_volume	Volume of the unit cell.
Lattice.a	Length of the first lattice vector \(\vert\vec{a}_1\vert\).
Lattice.b	Length of the second lattice vector \(\vert\vec{a}_2\vert\).
Lattice.c	Length of the third lattice vector \(\vert\vec{a}_3\vert\).
Lattice.alpha	Angle between second and third lattice vector.
Lattice.beta	Angle between first and third lattice vector.
Lattice.gamma	Angle between first and second lattice vector.
Lattice.parameters	Return cell parameters.

Reciprocal space

Lattice.b1	First reciprocal lattice vector.
Lattice.b2	Second reciprocal lattice vector.
Lattice.b3	Third reciprocal lattice vector.
Lattice.reciprocal_cell	Reciprocal cell.
Lattice.reciprocal_cell_volume	Volume of the reciprocal cell.
Lattice.k_a	Length of the first reciprocal lattice vector \(\vert\vec{b}_1\vert\).
Lattice.k_b	Length of the second reciprocal lattice vector \(\vert\vec{b}_2\vert\).
Lattice.k_c	Length of the third reciprocal lattice vector \(\vert\vec{b}_3\vert\).
Lattice.k_alpha	Angle between second and third reciprocal lattice vector.
Lattice.k_beta	Angle between first and third reciprocal lattice vector.
Lattice.k_gamma	Angle between first and second reciprocal lattice vector.
Lattice.parameters	Return cell parameters.
Lattice.path	K-point path.

Information properties

Lattice.variation	Variation of the lattice, if any.
Lattice.pearson_symbol	Pearson symbol.
Lattice.centring_type	Centring type.
Lattice.crystal_family	Crystal family.

Plotting

Lattice.plot([kind, ax])	Main plotting function of the Lattice.
Lattice.legend(**kwargs)	Add legend to the figure.
Lattice.remove([kind, ax])	Remove a set of artists from the plot.
Lattice.savefig([output_name, elev, azim])	Save the figure in the file
Lattice.show([elev, azim])	Show the figure in the interactive matplotlib window.
Lattice.clear()	Clear the axis.