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from ase.build import add_adsorbate, fcc100
from ase.calculators.emt import EMT
from ase.constraints import FixAtoms
from ase.mep import NEB
from ase.optimize import QuasiNewton


def main():
    # 2x2-Al(001) surface with 3 layers and an
    # Au atom adsorbed in a hollow site:
    slab = fcc100('Al', size=(2, 2, 3))
    add_adsorbate(slab, 'Au', 1.7, 'hollow')
    slab.center(axis=2, vacuum=4.0)

    # Fix second and third layers:
    mask = [atom.tag > 1 for atom in slab]
    slab.set_constraint(FixAtoms(mask=mask))

    # Use EMT potential:
    slab.calc = EMT()

    # Initial state:
    qn = QuasiNewton(slab, logfile=None)
    qn.run(fmax=0.05)
    initial = slab.copy()

    # Final state:
    slab[-1].x += slab.get_cell()[0, 0] / 2
    qn = QuasiNewton(slab, logfile=None)
    qn.run(fmax=0.05)
    final = slab.copy()

    # Setup a NEB calculation
    constraint = FixAtoms(mask=[atom.tag > 1 for atom in initial])

    images = [initial]
    for _ in range(3):
        image = initial.copy()
        image.set_constraint(constraint)
        images.append(image)

    images.append(final)

    neb = NEB(images)
    neb.interpolate()

    for image in neb.images[1:-1]:
        image.calc = EMT()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()