Fun with Carbon Nanostructures using Crystal Viewer 2.3.4
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Quick tutorial/demonstration on how to create carbon nanostructures (buckyballs, graphene sheets, and carbon nanotubes) using Crystal Viewer 2.3.4.
This short video shows you step-by-step how to create and download beautiful graphical representations of bucky balls (C60), graphene sheets, and various types of carbon nanotubes using Crystal Viewer 2.3.4 in nanoHUB. (The armchair nanotube is demonstrated, and the zigzag and chiral nanotubes are just as easily created. ) These images can easily be incorporated into assignments, posters, videos, and as shown in the video, even an oddly-matched game of nano-volleyball!
For more information about visualizing carbon nanostructures in nanoHUB,
also see:
Quick and Easy Guide to Carbon Structure Simulations using Crystal Viewer Tool
Using nanoHUB to Introduce Elementary and Middle School Students to Models and Simulations
Bio
Dr. Tanya Faltens is the Educational Content Creation Manager for the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN), which created the open access nanoHUB.org cyber-platform to help advance the goals of the National Nanotechology Initiative (NNI). Her technical background is in Materials Science and Engineering (Ph.D. UCLA 2002). She has several years’ experience in hands-on informal science education (including working at the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley), and in formal engineering instruction at Cal Poly Pomona. She has managed the NCN Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) program at Purdue University since 2014.
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