VanderWaalsRadii

class qcelemental.VanderWaalsRadii(context='MANTINA2009')[source]

Bases: object

Van der Waals radii sets.

Parameters:: context (str) – {‘MANTINA2009’} Origin of loaded data.

Each van der Waals radius is an entry in vdwr, where key is the “Fe”-cased element symbol if generic or symbol-prefixed label if specialized within element. The value is a Datum object with lbl the same as key, units and data value as Decimal object.

Type:: Dict[str, Datum]

doi

The DOI of the current context.

Type:: str

name

The name of the context (‘MANTINA2009’)

Type:: str

native_units

The units the original data was provided in.

Type:: str

year

The year the context was created.

Type:: int

Methods Summary

`get`(atom, *[, return_tuple, units, missing])	Access a van der Waals radius for species `atom`.
`string_representation`()	Print name, value, and units of all van der Waals radii.
`write_c_header`([filename, missing])	Write C header file defining Van der Waals radii array.

Methods Documentation

get(atom, *, return_tuple=False, units='bohr', missing=None)[source]

Access a van der Waals radius for species atom.

Parameters:

atom (Union[int, str]) – Identifier for element or nuclide, e.g., H, C, Al.
units (str) – Units of returned value. To return in native unit (MANTINA2009: angstrom), pass it explicitly. Only relevant for return_tuple=False since True returns underlying data structure with native units.
missing (Optional[float]) –
How to handle when atom is valid but outside the available data range. When None, raises DataUnavailableError. When a float, returns that float, so supply in units units. Supplying a float is a more compact assurance that a call will work over all the periodic table than the equivalent
```
try:
    rad = qcel.vdwradii.get(atom)
except qcel.DataUnavailableError:
    rad = 4.0
```
Only relevant for return_tuple=False.
return_tuple (bool) – See below.

Return type:

Union[float, Datum]

Returns:

float – When return_tuple=False, value of Van der Waals radius. If multiple defined for element, returns largest.
qcelemental.Datum – When return_tuple=True, Datum with units, description, uncertainty, and value of van der Waals radius as Decimal (preserving significant figures). If multiple defined for element, returns largest.

Raises:

NotAnElementError – If atom cannot be resolved into an element or nuclide or label.
DataUnavailableError – If atom is a valid element or nuclide but not one for which a van der Waals radius is available and missing=None.

string_representation()[source]

Print name, value, and units of all van der Waals radii.

Return type:: str

write_c_header(filename='vdwrad.h', missing=2.0)[source]

Write C header file defining Van der Waals radii array.

Parameters:

filename (str) – File name for header. Note that changing this won’t change the header guard.
missing (float) – In order that the C array be atomic-number indexable and that it span the periodic table, this value is used anywhere data is missing.

Return type:

None