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1. Using nanoHUB to Introduce Elementary and Middle School Students to Models and Simulations

   25 Mar 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Tanya Faltens

   This is a combination hands-on and simulation activity that will teach middle school students about the function and importance of modeling and simulations in science and engineering while learning about three important carbon nanostructures: graphene, bucky balls, and carbon nanotubes. The...

2. Quick and Easy Guide to Carbon Structure Simulations using Crystal Viewer Tool

   30 Sep 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Tanya Faltens

   These are step-by-step instructions for creating simulations of carbon nanostructures:- buckly ball- carbon nanotubes- graphene sheetsThese instructions will allow teachers to run simulations that students can use along with, or instead of, building 3D models of structures.In NanoDays 2013 at...

3. Nanotechnology Animation Gallery

   22 Apr 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Saumitra Raj Mehrotra, Gerhard Klimeck

   Animations and visualization are generated with various nanoHUB.org tools to enable insight into nanotechnology and nanoscience. Click on image for detailed description and larger image download. Additional animations are also...

4. Carrier Statistics Lab: First-Time User Guide

   09 Mar 2009 | | Contributor(s):: Abhijeet Paul, Gerhard Klimeck, Benjamin P Haley, Saumitra Raj Mehrotra

   This first-time user guide is an introduction to the Carrier Statistics Lab . It provides basic definitions, guidance on how to run the tool, and suggested exercises to help users get accustomed to the idea of distribution functions as well as how these functions are used in determining the...

5. Computational Nanoscience, Lecture 4: Geometry Optimization and Seeing What You're Doing

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   13 Feb 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Jeffrey C Grossman, Elif Ertekin

   In this lecture, we discuss various methods for finding the ground state structure of a given system by minimizing its energy. Derivative and non-derivative methods are discussed, as well as the importance of the starting guess and how to find or generate good initial structures. We also briefly...