mbuild_polybuild.aa_monomers.methacrylate.Methacrylate.flatten

Methacrylate.flatten(inplace=True)

Flatten the hierarchical structure of the Compound.

Modify the mBuild Compound to become a Compound where there is a single container (self) that contains all the particles.

Parameter

inplacebool, optional, default=True

Option to perform the flatten operation inplace or return a copy

returns:

self – return a flattened Compound if inplace is False.

rtype:

mb.Compound or None