About

What is ALM?

ALM is an open source software designed for estimating harmonic and anharmonic force constants based on the supercell method.

Features

  • Extraction of harmonic and anharmonic force constants based on the supercell approach
  • Applicable to any crystal structures and low-dimensional systems
  • Accurate treatment of translational and rotational invariance
  • Interface to VASP, Quantum-ESPRESSO, xTAPP, and LAMMPS codes
  • API for python and C++

License

Copyright © 2014–2018 Terumasa Tadano

This software is distributed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE.txt file for license rights and limitations.

How to Cite ALM

Please cite the following article when you use ALM in :

T. Tadano, XXX, XXX XX, XXXX (XXXX)

Acknowledgement

This project is/was partially supported by the following projects:

  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (16K17724)
  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas ‘Materials Design through Computics: Complex Correlation and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics’. (http://computics-material.jp)

Author & Contact

International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS),
National Institute for Material Science (NIMS),
Japan