ISODISTORT

Version 6.12.2, Jul 2025
Harold T. Stokes. Branton J. Campbell, and Dorian M. Hatch, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 84602, USA, branton_campbell@byu.edu

Description: ISODISTORT is a user-friendly internet-based tool for exploring the structural distortion modes of crystalline materials induced by irreducible representations of the parent space-group symmetry. The stand-alone ISOVIZ application further allows one to visualize and interactively manipulate the modes generated in ISODISTORT.

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Help, Tutorials, Version History

Legacy copy of ISODISTORT version 5.6.1, August 2013

Begin by entering the structure of parent phase:

Get started quickly with a cubic perovskite parent.

Import parent structure from a CIF structure file:
If you don't have a parent CIF, create one using ISOCIF.

Alternatively, you can begin with a previously-saved distortion:

Get started quickly with a distorted perovskite example. (Select this link and click "OK" on the next page to test your Java installation.)

Import an ISODISTORT distortion file:

How to cite ISODISTORT (cite both of the following):
H. T. Stokes, D. M. Hatch, and B. J. Campbell, ISODISTORT, ISOTROPY Software Suite, iso.byu.edu.
B. J. Campbell, H. T. Stokes, D. E. Tanner, and D. M. Hatch, "ISODISPLACE: An Internet Tool for Exploring Structural Distortions." J. Appl. Cryst. 39, 607-614 (2006).