Calculate formation energy, band gap, density, and crystal system from a composition string
Calculate key materials science properties from a chemical composition string. Get formation energy, band gap, density, crystal system, space group, and thermodynamic stability in one API call. Ideal for high-throughput screening and materials informatics workflows. Part of SciRouter's upcoming Materials Science suite.
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/v1/materials/propertiesimport requests
API_KEY = "sk-sci-your-key-here"
url = "https://scirouter.ai/v1/materials/properties"
response = requests.post(url, json={
"composition": "GaAs"
}, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"})
result = response.json()
print(f"Formation energy: {result['formation_energy_ev']:.3f} eV/atom")
print(f"Band gap: {result['band_gap_ev']:.2f} eV")
print(f"Density: {result['density_g_cm3']:.2f} g/cm³")
print(f"Crystal system: {result['crystal_system']}")
print(f"Space group: {result['space_group']}")High-throughput materials screening
Materials informatics feature generation
Semiconductor candidate identification
Thermoelectric material discovery