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Use Surface & Slab Builder on Neurosnap

Generate periodic slab terminations for chosen Miller indices.

How Surface & Slab Builder Works

At most 128 input atoms and 512 atoms per generated slab; up to 16 terminations. Slabs are centered, with vacuum along the surface normal. Terminations are symmetry filtered but not optimized or guaranteed nonpolar, stoichiometric, or stable. No surface energy is calculated.

What is Neurosnap?

Neurosnap is the leading platform for bioinformatics and computational science focused on expanding access to powerful modeling and simulation tools. Because many state-of-the-art machine learning systems remain complex to install, configure, and scale, Neurosnap offers a clean, browser-based workspace that removes the burden of infrastructure management, dependency conflicts, and command-line tooling.

Built for biologists, chemists, and cross-disciplinary scientists, the platform enables advanced computational workflows without requiring expertise in software engineering or cloud architecture. Researchers can launch analyses through an intuitive interface, connect programmatically through a comprehensive API, and rely on automated resource management to scale workloads efficiently. By taking care of the underlying compute and operational complexity, Neurosnap allows teams to devote their energy to scientific progress and faster iteration. Security and data protection remain foundational principles, with clear safeguards outlined in our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy to ensure your work stays protected.

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How to Use Surface & Slab Builder on Neurosnap

To harness the capabilities of Surface & Slab Builder, researchers can follow this streamlined workflow within Neurosnap:

Access Neurosnap: Start by logging in to the Neurosnap website.
Select Tool: From the list of available tools, choose Surface & Slab Builder.
Provide Inputs: Provide all the inputs specified within the submission panel and optionally configure the tool as desired.
Run Tool: Submit the Surface & Slab Builder job and Neurosnap will execute it in the cloud, automatically notifying you as soon as your results are ready.
Review Output: Explore your results through rich visualizations, including figures, plots, and interactive views designed to help you analyze findings with clarity and confidence.

Citations

Please cite the original work when using Surface & Slab Builder in publications or research outputs.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2013.05.016

https://github.com/materialsproject/pymatgen

Neurosnap Inc. (2022). Neurosnap: An online platform for computational biology and chemistry. Available at: https://neurosnap.ai/

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