Tutorial

In this tutorial the main features and usecases of LattPy are discussed and explained. Throughout the tutorial the packages numpy and matplotlib are used. LattPy is imported as lp - using a similar alias as the other scientific computing libaries:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> import lattpy as lp

• 1. Configuration
  • 1.1. Basis vectors
  • 1.2. Adding atoms
  • 1.3. Adding connections
• 2. General lattice attributes
  • 2.1. Unit cell properties
  • 2.2. Transformations and atom positions
  • 2.3. Neighbors
  • 2.4. Reciprocal lattice
• 3. Finite lattice models
  • 3.1. Build geometries
  • 3.2. Periodic boundary conditions
  • 3.3. Position and neighbor data
  • 3.4. Data map