Simulation Tools for nanotech

The list of computational tools for nanotechnology are as follows:

· Ascalaph Designer

· Atomistix ToolKit and Virtual NanoLab

· CST Studio Suite

· CoNTub

· Deneb – graphical user interface (GUI) for SIESTA, VASP, QE, etc., DFT calculation packages

· MAPS - Graphical user interface to build complex systems (nanostructures, polymers, surfaces...), set up and analyze ab-initio (Quantum Espresso, VASP, Abinit, NWChem...) or classical (LAMMPS, Towhee) simulations

· Nanohub allows simulating geometry, electronic properties and electrical transport phenomena in various nanostructures

· Ninithi – carbon nanotube, graphene, and Fullerene modelling software

· Nanoengineer-1 – developed by company Nanorex, but the website doesn't work, may be unavailable

· NEMO 3-D– enables multi-million atom electronic structure simulations in empirical tight binding; open source; an educational version is on nanoHUB and Quantum Dot Lab

· Nanotube Modeler

· Materials Design MedeA

· Materials Studio

· MD-kMC

· SAMSON

· Scigress

· TubeASP

· Tubegen

· Wrapping

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