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-# ALAMODE
-* Version 0.9.6 (Beta)
+# ALAMODE 
+### Version 0.9.6 (Beta)
+![alt ALAMODE](./docs/img/alamode.png)
 
 - - -
 
-## Introduction
-Program package ALAMODE is designed for estimating anharmonic force constants of solids 
-based on the supercell approach and subsequent calculations of anharmonic phonon properties, 
-such as Gruneisen parameter, phonon self-energy and lattice thermal conductivity.
+## Introduction 
 
-The package mainly consists of the following 2 programs:
+ALAMODE is a scientific software designed for analyzing lattice anharmonicity
+and  lattice thermal conductivity of solids. By using an external DFT package
+such as  VASP and Quantum ESPRESSO, you can extract harmonic and anharmonic
+force constants  straightforwardly with ALAMODE. Using the calculated anharmonic
+force constants, you can also estimate lattice thermal conductivity, phonon
+linewidth, and other anharmonic phonon properties from first principles.
 
-* **alm**: Extract harmonic and anharmonic force constants from first-principles calculations
-* **anphon** : Compute anharmonic phonon properties
+## Features
+
+
+### General
+* Extraction of harmonic and anharmonic force constants based on the supercell approach
+* Applicable to any crystal structures and low-dimensional systems
+* Accurate treatment of translational and rotational invariance
+* Interface to VASP, Quantum-ESPRESSO, and xTAPP codes
+* Parallelization with MPI+OpenMP
+
+### Harmonic properties
+
+* Phonon dispersion
+* Phonon DOS, atom-projected phonon DOS
+* Two-phonon DOS
+* Vibrational thermodynamic functions (heat capacity, entropy, free energy)
+* Mean-square displacement
+* Animation and visualization of phonon modes (requires VMD or XCrysDen)
+* 3-phonon scattering phase space
+* Phonon-isotope scattering rate
+* Participation ratio for analyzing localization of phonon modes
+
+
+### Anharmonic properties
+* Gruneisen parameter via cubic force constants
+* Lattice thermal conductivity by BTE-RTA
+* Cumulative thermal conductivity
+* Phonon linewidth due to 3-phonon interactions
+* Phonon frequency shift due to 3- and 4-phonon interactions
+* Temperature-dependent effective potential method
 
 ## Prerequisite
 * C++ compiler
 * LAPACK libarary
 * MPI library
 * Boost C++ library
 
+## Download
+
+You can download the latest and previous versions of ALAMODE 
+at http://sourceforge.net/projects/alamode .
+
+You can also clone the repository as
+
+```
+$ git clone http://github.com/ttadano/alamode.git
+```
+
+If you download the github version, please use the 'master' branch.
+
 ## Install
 The directories alm/, anphon/, and tools/ contain separate Makefiles.
 Please modify the Makefiles appropriately by changing variables such as 
 CXX, CXXFLAGS, or MPICXX. Then, execute "make" will create the binary for
 each program.
-More detailed instruction can be found in the Documentation below.
 
 
 ## Documentation
-Please refer to the following webpage.
+For more details about ALAMODE including tutorial, input parameters, and 
+output files, please visit the following webpabe.
+
 http://alamode.readthedocs.org
 
 
 ## License
-Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Terumasa Tadano
+Copyright (c) 2014, 2015, 2016 Terumasa Tadano
 This software is released under the MIT license. 
 For license rights and limitations, see LICENSE.txt file.
 
 ## Author
-Terumasa Tadano (Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
+Terumasa Tadano (The University of Tokyo, Japan)