"""
Module to call mcsqs, distributed with AT-AT
https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Engineering/Labs/avdw/atat/
"""
import os
import warnings
from subprocess import Popen, TimeoutExpired
from typing import Dict, Union, List, NamedTuple, Optional
from pathlib import Path
from monty.dev import requires
from monty.os.path import which
import tempfile
from pymatgen import Structure
[docs]class Sqs(NamedTuple):
"""
Return type for run_mcsqs.
"""
bestsqs: Structure
objective_function: Union[float, str]
allsqs: List
directory: str
[docs]@requires(
which("mcsqs") and which("str2cif"),
"run_mcsqs requires first installing AT-AT, "
"see https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Engineering/Labs/avdw/atat/",
)
def run_mcsqs(
structure: Structure,
clusters: Dict[int, float],
scaling: Union[int, List[int]],
search_time: float = 60,
directory: Optional[str] = None,
instances: Optional[int] = None,
temperature: Union[int, float] = 1,
wr: float = 1,
wn: float = 1,
wd: float = 0.5,
tol: float = 1e-3,
) -> Sqs:
"""
Helper function for calling mcsqs with different arguments
Args:
structure (Structure): Disordered pymatgen Structure object
clusters (dict): Dictionary of cluster interactions with entries in the form
number of atoms: cutoff in angstroms
scaling (int or list): Scaling factor to determine supercell. Two options are possible:
a. (preferred) Scales number of atoms, e.g., for a structure with 8 atoms,
scaling=4 would lead to a 32 atom supercell
b. A sequence of three scaling factors, e.g., [2, 1, 1], which
specifies that the supercell should have dimensions 2a x b x c
Keyword Args:
search_time (float): Time spent looking for the ideal SQS in minutes (default: 60)
directory (str): Directory to run mcsqs calculation and store files (default: None
runs calculations in a temp directory)
instances (int): Specifies the number of parallel instances of mcsqs to run
(default: number of cpu cores detected by Python)
temperature (int or float): Monte Carlo temperature (default: 1), "T" in atat code
wr (int or float): Weight assigned to range of perfect correlation match in objective
function (default = 1)
wn (int or float): Multiplicative decrease in weight per additional point in cluster (default: 1)
wd (int or float): Exponent of decay in weight as function of cluster diameter (default: 0.5)
tol (int or float): Tolerance for matching correlations (default: 1e-3)
Returns:
Tuple of Pymatgen structure SQS of the input structure, the mcsqs objective function,
list of all SQS structures, and the directory where calculations are run
"""
num_atoms = len(structure)
if structure.is_ordered:
raise ValueError("Pick a disordered structure")
if instances is None:
# os.cpu_count() can return None if detection fails
instances = os.cpu_count()
original_directory = os.getcwd()
if not directory:
directory = tempfile.mkdtemp()
os.chdir(directory)
if isinstance(scaling, (int, float)):
if scaling % 1:
raise ValueError("Scaling should be an integer, not {}".format(scaling))
mcsqs_find_sqs_cmd = ["mcsqs", "-n {}".format(scaling * num_atoms)]
else:
# Set supercell to identity (will make supercell with pymatgen)
with open("sqscell.out", "w") as f:
f.write("1\n1 0 0\n0 1 0\n0 0 1\n")
structure = structure * scaling
mcsqs_find_sqs_cmd = ["mcsqs", "-rc", "-n {}".format(num_atoms)]
structure.to(filename="rndstr.in")
# Generate clusters
mcsqs_generate_clusters_cmd = ["mcsqs"]
for num in clusters:
mcsqs_generate_clusters_cmd.append("-" + str(num) + "=" + str(clusters[num]))
# Run mcsqs to find clusters
p = Popen(mcsqs_generate_clusters_cmd)
p.communicate()
# Generate SQS structures
add_ons = [
"-T {}".format(temperature),
"-wr {}".format(wr),
"-wn {}".format(wn),
"-wd {}".format(wd),
"-tol {}".format(tol),
]
mcsqs_find_sqs_processes = []
if instances and instances > 1:
# if multiple instances, run a range of commands using "-ip"
for i in range(instances):
instance_cmd = ["-ip {}".format(i + 1)]
cmd = mcsqs_find_sqs_cmd + add_ons + instance_cmd
p = Popen(cmd)
mcsqs_find_sqs_processes.append(p)
else:
# run normal mcsqs command
cmd = mcsqs_find_sqs_cmd + add_ons
p = Popen(cmd)
mcsqs_find_sqs_processes.append(p)
try:
for idx, p in enumerate(mcsqs_find_sqs_processes):
p.communicate(timeout=search_time * 60)
if instances and instances > 1:
p = Popen(["mcsqs", "-best"])
p.communicate()
if os.path.exists("bestsqs.out") and os.path.exists("bestcorr.out"):
return _parse_sqs_path(".")
raise RuntimeError("mcsqs exited before timeout reached")
except TimeoutExpired:
for p in mcsqs_find_sqs_processes:
p.kill()
p.communicate()
# Find the best sqs structures
if instances and instances > 1:
if not os.path.exists("bestcorr1.out"):
raise RuntimeError(
"mcsqs did not generate output files, "
"is search_time sufficient or are number of instances too high?"
)
p = Popen(["mcsqs", "-best"])
p.communicate()
if os.path.exists("bestsqs.out") and os.path.exists("bestcorr.out"):
sqs = _parse_sqs_path(".")
return sqs
else:
os.chdir(original_directory)
raise TimeoutError("Cluster expansion took too long.")
def _parse_sqs_path(path) -> Sqs:
"""
Private function to parse mcsqs output directory
Args:
path: directory to perform parsing
Returns:
Tuple of Pymatgen structure SQS of the input structure, the mcsqs objective function,
list of all SQS structures, and the directory where calculations are run
"""
path = Path(path)
# detected instances will be 0 if mcsqs was run in series, or number of instances
detected_instances = len(list(path.glob("bestsqs*[0-9]*")))
# Convert best SQS structure to cif file and pymatgen Structure
p = Popen("str2cif < bestsqs.out > bestsqs.cif", shell=True, cwd=path)
p.communicate()
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
bestsqs = Structure.from_file(path / "bestsqs.cif")
# Get best SQS objective function
with open(path / "bestcorr.out", "r") as f:
lines = f.readlines()
objective_function_str = lines[-1].split("=")[-1].strip()
objective_function: Union[float, str]
if objective_function_str != "Perfect_match":
objective_function = float(objective_function_str)
else:
objective_function = "Perfect_match"
# Get all SQS structures and objective functions
allsqs = []
for i in range(detected_instances):
sqs_out = "bestsqs{}.out".format(i + 1)
sqs_cif = "bestsqs{}.cif".format(i + 1)
corr_out = "bestcorr{}.out".format(i + 1)
p = Popen("str2cif <" + sqs_out + ">" + sqs_cif, shell=True, cwd=path)
p.communicate()
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
sqs = Structure.from_file(sqs_cif)
with open(path / corr_out, "r") as f:
lines = f.readlines()
objective_function_str = lines[-1].split("=")[-1].strip()
obj: Union[float, str]
if objective_function_str != "Perfect_match":
obj = float(objective_function_str)
else:
obj = "Perfect_match"
allsqs.append({"structure": sqs, "objective_function": obj})
return Sqs(
bestsqs=bestsqs,
objective_function=objective_function,
allsqs=allsqs,
directory=str(path.resolve()),
)