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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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