Interface
2025 July 12, updated
CrySPY supports multiple structure optimizers:
- First-principles calculation
- VASP
- Quantum Espresso
- OpenMX (CrySPY 0.9.0 or later)
- Interatomic potential
- Other (Machine learning potentials and other models that support ASE)
- ASE (CrySPY 1.2.0 or later)
- Interactive mode(ASE)(CrySPY 1.4.0 or later)
At least one optimizer is required.
Algorithm compatibility
- 1.4.2: VASP support is available in EA-vc
| RS | EA | EA-vc | BO | LAQA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VASP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quantum Espresso | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| OpenMX | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | × |
| soiap | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| LAMMPS | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | × |
| ASE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × |
| Interactive (ASE) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | × |
Option compatibility
| energy_step_flag | struc_step_flag | force_step_flag | stress_step_flag | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VASP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quantum Espresso | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| OpenMX | × | × | × | × |
| soiap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LAMMPS | × | × | × | × |
| ASE | × | × | × | × |