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OPTIMADE provider "Alexandria" (id: alexandria)

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General information

Short description: A collection of databases from the group of Prof Miguel A. L. Marques at Ruhr University Bochum.

Project homepage: https://alexandria.icams.rub.de

Index Meta-Database URL: https://providers.optimade.org/index-metadbs/alexandria

Number of structures: 415,673

Detailed information

(information checked on Sunday September 20, 2026 at 09:50 UTC)
Index metaDB (/info)State of the /info endpoint of the index meta-database found found Index metaDB versionVersion of the index meta-database v1 Index metaDB (/links)State of the /links endpoint of the index meta-database found found

Databases served by this provider

  • alexandria (alexandria-pbe)

    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe

    A dataset of 2.5m+ stable and metastable materials calculated with the PBE functional

    Properties served by this database:

    By entry type (click to expand):
    • references
      • The full list of standard OPTIMADE properties.
    • structures
      • The full list of standard OPTIMADE properties.
      • _alexandria_band_gap Unit: eV
        Description: Electronic band gap.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_band_gap_direct Unit: eV
        Description: Direct electronic band.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_charges Description: Atomic charges.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_decomposition Unit: eV/atom
        Description: Most likely decomposition channel.
        Type: string
      • _alexandria_dos_ef Unit: states/(eV*unit_cell)
        Description: Density of electronic states at the Fermi energy.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_energy Unit: eV
        Description: Total energy of the structure.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_energy_corrected Unit: eV
        Description: Total energy including pymatgen corrections.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_forces Unit: eV/Angstrom
        Description: Forces on the atoms.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_formation_energy_per_atom Unit: eV/atom
        Description: Formation energy.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_hull_distance Unit: eV/atom
        Description: The distance from the global convex hull of thermodynamic stability.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_magnetic_moments Unit: muB
        Description: Local magnetic moments.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_magnetization Unit: muB/unit_cell
        Description: Total magnetization.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_phase_separation_energy Unit: eV/atom
        Description: Phase separation energy. If hull_distance > 0, it is identical to hull_distance.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_space_group Description: Number of the space group.
        Type: integer
      • _alexandria_stress_tensor Unit: kbar
        Description: Stresses on the cell.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_xc_functional Description: The exchange-correlation functional used for the default values.
        Type: string

    Validation

    ValidationResults of validation Passed 12 / 25
    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/structures?page_limit=4&response_fields=immutable_id,species_at_sites,nperiodic_dimensions,last_modified,dimension_types,assemblies,nsites,elements,nelements,elements_ratios,species,chemical_formula_reduced,chemical_formula_anonymous,cartesian_site_positions,structure_features,chemical_formula_hill,lattice_vectors,chemical_formula_descriptive

    ResponseError: Request to 'structures?page_limit=4&response_fields=immutable_id,species_at_sites,nperiodic_dimensions,last_modified,dimension_types,assemblies,nsites,elements,nelements,elements_ratios,species,chemical_formula_reduced,chemical_formula_anonymous,cartesian_site_positions,structure_features,chemical_formula_hill,lattice_vectors,chemical_formula_descriptive' returned HTTP status code 500.
    Additional details from implementation:
    InFailedSqlTransaction: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
    (N/A)


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1

    ResponseError: Unable to test endpoint `page_limit` parameter.


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/structures?page_limit=4&response_fields=immutable_id,species_at_sites,nperiodic_dimensions,last_modified,dimension_types,assemblies,nsites,elements,nelements,elements_ratios,species,chemical_formula_reduced,chemical_formula_anonymous,cartesian_site_positions,structure_features,chemical_formula_hill,lattice_vectors,chemical_formula_descriptive

    ResponseError: Request failed


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/references?page_limit=4&response_fields=bib_type,institution,immutable_id,howpublished,key,last_modified,journal,volume,address,url,year,publisher,title,pages,organization,booktitle,editors,doi,annote,month,crossref,note,chapter,school,number,series,authors,edition

    ResponseError: Request to 'references?page_limit=4&response_fields=bib_type,institution,immutable_id,howpublished,key,last_modified,journal,volume,address,url,year,publisher,title,pages,organization,booktitle,editors,doi,annote,month,crossref,note,chapter,school,number,series,authors,edition' returned HTTP status code 500.
    Additional details from implementation:
    InFailedSqlTransaction: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
    (N/A)


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1

    ResponseError: Unable to test endpoint `page_limit` parameter.


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/references?page_limit=4&response_fields=bib_type,institution,immutable_id,howpublished,key,last_modified,journal,volume,address,url,year,publisher,title,pages,organization,booktitle,editors,doi,annote,month,crossref,note,chapter,school,number,series,authors,edition

    ResponseError: Request failed


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/structures?response_fields=_alexandria_charges,_alexandria_magnetization,structure_features&page_limit=1

    ResponseError: Request to 'structures?response_fields=_alexandria_charges,_alexandria_magnetization,structure_features&page_limit=1' returned HTTP status code 500.
    Additional details from implementation:
    InFailedSqlTransaction: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
    (N/A)


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/structures

    ResponseError: Request to 'structures' returned HTTP status code 500.
    Additional details from implementation:
    InFailedSqlTransaction: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
    (N/A)


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/structures

    ResponseError: Failed to get archetypal entry. Details: ResponseError: Request to 'structures' returned HTTP status code 500.
    Additional details from implementation:
    InFailedSqlTransaction: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
    (N/A)


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/references?response_fields=title,year,publisher&page_limit=1

    ResponseError: Request to 'references?response_fields=title,year,publisher&page_limit=1' returned HTTP status code 500.
    Additional details from implementation:
    InFailedSqlTransaction: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
    (N/A)


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/references

    ResponseError: Request to 'references' returned HTTP status code 500.
    Additional details from implementation:
    InFailedSqlTransaction: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
    (N/A)


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/references

    ResponseError: Failed to get archetypal entry. Details: ResponseError: Request to 'references' returned HTTP status code 500.
    Additional details from implementation:
    InFailedSqlTransaction: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
    (N/A)


    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbe/v1/links

    ResponseError: Request to 'links' returned HTTP status code 500.
    Additional details from implementation:
    InFailedSqlTransaction: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
    (N/A)


  • alexandria (alexandria-pbesol)

    https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/pbesol

    A new dataset of 415k stable and metastable materials calculated with the PBEsol and SCAN functionals

    Properties served by this database:

    By entry type (click to expand):
    • references
      • The full list of standard OPTIMADE properties.
    • structures
      • The full list of standard OPTIMADE properties.
      • _alexandria_band_gap Unit: eV
        Description: Electronic band gap.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_band_gap_direct Unit: eV
        Description: Direct electronic band.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_charges Description: Atomic charges.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_decomposition Unit: eV/atom
        Description: Most likely decomposition channel.
        Type: string
      • _alexandria_dos_ef Unit: states/(eV*unit_cell)
        Description: Density of electronic states at the Fermi energy.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_energy Unit: eV
        Description: Total energy of the structure.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_energy_corrected Unit: eV
        Description: Total energy including pymatgen corrections.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_forces Unit: eV/Angstrom
        Description: Forces on the atoms.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_formation_energy_per_atom Unit: eV/atom
        Description: Formation energy.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_hull_distance Unit: eV/atom
        Description: The distance from the global convex hull of thermodynamic stability.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_magnetic_moments Unit: muB
        Description: Local magnetic moments.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_magnetization Unit: muB/unit_cell
        Description: Total magnetization.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_phase_separation_energy Unit: eV/atom
        Description: Phase separation energy. If hull_distance > 0, it is identical to hull_distance.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_band_gap Unit: eV
        Description: Electronic band gap (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_band_gap_direct Unit: eV
        Description: Direct electronic band (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_charges Description: Atomic charges (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_decomposition Unit: eV/atom
        Description: Most likely decomposition channel (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: string
      • _alexandria_scan_dos_ef Unit: states/(eV*unit_cell)
        Description: Density of electronic states at the Fermi energy (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_energy Unit: eV
        Description: Total energy of the structure (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_energy_corrected Unit: eV
        Description: Total energy including pymatgen corrections (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_forces Unit: eV/Angstrom
        Description: Forces on the atoms (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_formation_energy_per_atom Unit: eV/atom
        Description: Formation energy (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_hull_distance Unit: eV/atom
        Description: The distance from the global convex hull of thermodynamic stability (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_magnetic_moments Unit: muB
        Description: Local magnetic moments (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_magnetization Unit: muB/unit_cell
        Description: Total magnetization (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_phase_separation_energy Unit: eV/atom
        Description: Phase separation energy (calculated with SCAN). If hull_distance > 0, it is identical to hull_distance.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_scan_stress_tensor Unit: kbar
        Description: Stresses on the cell (calculated with SCAN).
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_space_group Description: Number of the space group.
        Type: integer
      • _alexandria_stress_tensor Unit: kbar
        Description: Stresses on the cell.
        Type: float
      • _alexandria_xc_functional Description: The exchange-correlation functional used for the default values.
        Type: string

    Validation

    ValidationResults of validation Passed 57 / 57

    No errors reported.