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Atomate2: Modular workflows for materials science

ChemRxiv

Abstract

High-throughput density functional theory (DFT) calculations have become a vital element of computational materials science, enabling materials screening, property database generation, and training of “universal” machine learning models. While several software frameworks have emerged to support these computational efforts, new developments such as machine learned force fields have increased demands for more flexible and programmable workflow solutions. This manuscript introduces atomate2, a comprehensive evolution of our original atomate framework, designed to address existing limitations in computational materials research infrastructure. Key features include the support for multiple electronic structure packages and interoperability between them, along with generalizable workflows that can be written in an abstract form irrespective of the DFT package or machine learning force field used within them. Our hope is that atomate2’s improved usability and extensibility can reduce technical barriers for high-throughput research workflows and facilitate the rapid adoption of emerging methods in computational material science.

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  1. Imperial College London

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    Imperial College London

  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  4. UCLouvain

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    UCLouvain

  5. RWTH Aachen University

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    RWTH Aachen University

  6. Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

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    Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

  7. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  8. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  9. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  10. National Laboratory of the Rockies

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    National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  11. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  12. Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

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    Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

  13. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  14. Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing · Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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    Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena

  15. University of Colorado Boulder

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    University of Colorado Boulder

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    Radical AI

  17. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  18. Dartmouth College

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    Dartmouth College

  19. Microsoft (United States)

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    Microsoft Research

  20. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  21. Princeton University

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    Princeton University

  22. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  23. University of California, Berkeley

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    University of California, Berkeley

  24. University of California, Berkeley

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    University of California, Berkeley

  25. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  26. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  27. Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing · Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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    Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena

  28. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute · University of California, Berkeley

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    Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  29. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  30. UCLouvain

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    Matgenix SRL

    UCLouvain

  31. University of Arizona · Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

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    Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

    University of Arizona

  32. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of California, Berkeley

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    University of California, Berkeley

  33. University of Colorado Boulder

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    University of Colorado Boulder

  34. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of Cambridge

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Radical AI

    University of Cambridge

  35. UCLouvain

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    Matgenix SRL

    UCLouvain

    WEL Research Institute

  36. Princeton University

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    Princeton University

  37. Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

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    Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

  38. ETH Zurich

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    ETH Zurich

  39. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  40. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  41. University of Colorado Boulder

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    University of Colorado Boulder

  42. UCLouvain

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    UCLouvain

  43. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  44. National Laboratory of the Rockies

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    National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  45. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  46. UCLouvain

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    Matgenix SRL

    UCLouvain

  47. University of Houston

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    University of Houston

  48. Microsoft (United States)

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    Microsoft Research

  49. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  50. Dartmouth College

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    Dartmouth College

  51. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  52. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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