def serialize_atoms(atoms: ase.Atoms, description: str = "") -> str:
"""Serialize an ase.Atoms instance to a dictionary."""
dct = {
"description": description,
"cell": atoms.cell,
"arrays": atoms.arrays,
"info": atoms.info,
"constraints": atoms.constraints,
"celldisp": atoms.get_celldisp(),
"calculator": atoms.calc,
}
return ASEEncoder().encode(dct)
