Visiluazation of charge density with Matlab

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Visiluazation of charge density with Matlab

#1 Post by ouarda » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:36 pm

dear vasp users,
Can any one tell me if its possible to visualize the charg density (CHGCAR file )with Matlab!
thanks for your help
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Visiluazation of charge density with Matlab

#2 Post by lahaye » Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:35 am

Sorry, I don't know Matlab.

I use VMD:
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/

This software is free. The latest version comes with the VASP
plugins automatically included. It can read most of VASP's 3D
output files, including CHGCAR.
If you load a POSCAR file and CHGCAR file into the same
VMD structure, you even can show the periodicity of the CHGCAR
data.

I find that VMD suits all my needs to view the VASP input POSCAR
and all its output files.

Rob.
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Visiluazation of charge density with Matlab

#3 Post by graeme » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:33 am

Many thanks to Sung Sakong for writing these plugins, and making them available to the vasp community. Combined with the strengths of VMD (for example multiple representations), this is a good tool for visualizing crystal structures and charge densities.
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