WullfMaker Source

Introduction

This is open source code to dynamically create and visualize Wulff Shapes for any point group symmetry.
Please, if you use this code or modify it, please let us know (ccarter_AT.SIGN_mit.edu)

Software Compatibility

This code is distributed as a Wolfram CDF file, for which there is a free visualizer. It is also distributed as a Mathematica notebook; if you have a Mathematica License, then you can modify the notebook for your own purposes---but, please let us know if you have done this.

Additional codes, specialized as the result of requests (yes, we take requests):
  • (CDF) Basic Wulffmaker with surface area readout: this version is identical to basic Wulffmaker, but includes a graphical display of the surface area of each facet type and the total number of facets of each type.
  • (Mathematica Notebook) Basic Wulffmaker with surface area readout: this version is identical to basic Wulffmaker, but includes a graphical display of the surface area of each facet type and the total number of facets of each type.
  • (CDF) Basic Wulffmaker with alumina presets: this version is identical to basic Wulffmaker, but the default display (that which you see upon opening the file) is the Wulff shape of alumina as determined by Kitayama and Glaeser, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 85, p.611 (2002).
  • (Mathematica Notebook) Basic Wulffmaker with alumina presets: this version is identical to basic Wulffmaker, but the default display (that which you see upon opening the file) is the Wulff shape of alumina as determined by Kitayama and Glaeser, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 85, p.611 (2002).


    • Credits

    This code was written by Rachel V. Zucker and W. Craig Carter, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    If you use this code and write a paper, we would appreciate it if you reference the following paper:

    R V Zucker, D Chatain, U Dahmen, S Hagege, W C Carter. "New software tools for the calculation and display of isolated and attached interfacial-energy minimizing particle shapes." Journal of Materials Science, vol. 47, pp. 8290-8302. DOI 10.1007/s10853-012-6739-x

     If you use it for any other purpose, please let us know so we can link your usage from this site. Or, just let us know because it makes us feel good.