Added animate_view_structure function to view series of pymatgen Structure objects

import py3Dmol

import time

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from IPython.display import clear_output, display

from pymatgen.core.periodic_table import Element 

def view_structure(structure, color_map, look='b'):

    # else 'c' or anything else: keep the default

    return view.show()

def animate_view_structure(structure_list, color_map, interval=1.0, look='b'):

    """

    Display an animation in Jupyter by replacing the previous plot with each Structure image.

    Args:

        structure_list (List[pymatgen.Structure]): list of structures to display

        interval (float): seconds between frames

    """

    fig, ax = plt.subplots()

    for i, structure in enumerate(structure_list):

        clear_output(wait=True)

        fig = view_structure(structure, color_map, look=look)

        plt.close(fig)

        time.sleep(interval)

    return