Tutorial

Basic search for a material in the MP database

1. Go to Materials Project - Materials Explorer

2. Type the search criteria such as the composition, chemical formula or mp-id in the search box or click the elements from the periodic table below the search box

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3. Use the filters in the left to filter the search results

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4. Click on Search

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5. Click on Columns to select what properties to show for the search results

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6. Click on the mp-id to go to the material page

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7. Use the right tool bar on the to change the visualization settings and export the structure file

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8. To download the structure, click "Export as"

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9. A summary of material properties is shown in the right

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10. An auto-generated description of the material from generated using Robocrystallographer (https://github.com/hackingmaterials/robocrystallographer)

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11. Click on Crystal Structure to look at the basic structure information

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12. Click on Properties to look at the materials properties

See the Methodology section for how these properties were calculated

Methodology

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