Abstract
In this exercise, students will learn how to use a modeling program to build a lattice structure. It will teach students how to construct a sheeted material such as graphite, how to construct an intercalated compound, how to construct a fullerene (buckyball, C60) and a aza-fullerene (C48N12), and how to construct a carbon nanotube from chains of carbon molecules. It aims to improve a student’s ability to visualize 3D structures.
Keywords: Molecular modelling, materials, intercalation, fullerene, nanotube, allotropes.
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Thomas J. Manning, Aurora P. Gramatges ;Constructing and Visualizing Some Common Materials, Computer Based Projects for a Chemistry Curriculum (2013) 1: 186. https://doi.org/10.2174/9781608051939113010022
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9781608051939113010022 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |