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Materials

This section contains information about how we define, organize, store and interact with materials data and the corresponding properties. In a broad sense we consider Material to be a physical (chemical, biological) system(s) under investigation.

User Interface

Materials Explorer

The implementation of the Explorer Interface for Materials is explained here.

Materials Designer

Materials Designer is introduced here,

Materials Viewer

The Viewer interface and its differences from Designer are highlighted separately.

Actions

The Actions section explains and provides visual examples of actions that users can perform on materials. These actions are introduced in the following page.

Data

The Data section contains an example of JSON representation of a material, with its detailed explanation.

Bank

Materials Bank collection and its related operations is explained in the corresponding section.

Classification

Materials are distinguished based on whether they are crystalline and non-periodic. An overview of classifications can be found here

Properties

The Properties section explains the general classification and contains examples of materials properties.