How to let LAMMPS read data from a crystal structure file

Dear LAMMPS users,

I’m new to LAMMPS coding but passionate to work on nanoindentation of organic crystals which is not being well studied. The first adversary to me is to let LAMMPS read the data from a crystal structure file (i.e. CIF) to build the crystal. Any help or a sample example on this will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

Dear LAMMPS users,

I'm new to LAMMPS coding but passionate to work on nanoindentation of
organic crystals which is not being well studied. The first adversary to me
is to let LAMMPS read the data from a crystal structure file (i.e. CIF) to
build the crystal. Any help or a sample example on this will be highly
appreciated.

what you are asking about is not really "LAMMPS coding", but plain
simple setup of a simulation.

find a converter (or write one yourself) that constructs explicit
x,y,z coordinates from your CIF file.
this is not really a LAMMPS issue. please also note, that simply
having the coordinates and elements is not sufficient information for
a classical MD code, you also need to identify which type of force
field is adequate for your purposes and then your may have to build a
suitable topology, assign atom, bond, angle, and dihedrals and their
respective type to match the parameter set requirements. then do some
testing and validation and so on.

axel.