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Virtual NanoLab (VNL) 2008 Linux combines powerful atomic-scale modeling and NanoLanguage scripting in a user-friendly graphical interface.

• Build complex atomic structures with a few mouse clicks
• Generate NanoLanguage scripts
• Visualize atomic geometries and calculated physical quantities in 3D

Atomic-scale modeling is indispensable when it comes to simulating experiments and analyzing atomic-scale properties of nanoscale devices. The functionality of a nanoscale device is largely determined by the positions of individual atoms. It might change drastically if some atoms are replaced, added, or removed. Atomic-scale modeling makes you understand why your device works. Or why it doesn’t work!

Virtual NanoLab is based on Atomistix ToolKit (ATK) and gives access to state-of-the-art modeling techniques, including non-equilibrium Green’s function and density-functional-theory (DFT) methods. With automatic script generation these techniques are simple and intuitive to use whether or not you are an expert in quantum chemistry and electronic-structure calculations.

Compared with physical experiments, nanoscale modeling is cheap and efficient. Using modeling prior to, or in combination with, practical laboratory work accelerates the development by limiting the time-consuming trial-and-error experimentation. Possible problems can be detected and solved before the device is even fabricated.