Welcome to the MatD³ documentation!

The MatD³ database is designed to store and curate materials data for solid materials. It is part of a NSF-DMREF-funded project (DMR-1729297). This document provides details on the database structure, how to set up a web interface for interacting with the database, and some details on the usage of the website. Currently, there is one live instance of the database, accessible at https://materials.hybrid3.duke.edu/. We also explain how to interface the MatD³ website with the Qresp web application.

An overview of the database software is found in the following reference:

• R. Laasner, X. Du, A. Tanikanti, C. Clayton, M. Govoni, G. Galli, M. Ropo, and V. Blum, Journal of Open Source Software, 5, 1945 (2020)

Contents

• Database structure
• Access
• Setup
• Some troubleshooting notes
• Development notes
  • Git
• Interacting with the website
  • Adding new users
  • Data verification
  • Editing data
  • REST API
• Coding rules
  • Python
  • HTML and Javascript
  • Python imports
  • Django template tags
• Other notes
• Interaction with the Qresp database
  • Setting up a Qresp instance
  • Migrating data
• Example server setup
• Beginners Tutorials