Ninithi
Encyclopedia
Ninithi is free and open source modelling software that can be used to visualize and analyze carbon materials used in nanotechnology
. Users of ninithi can visualize the 3D molecular geometries of graphene
/nano-ribbons, carbon nanotubes (both single wall and multi-wall)and fullerene
s. Ninithi also provides features to simulate the electronic band structures of graphene and carbon nanotubes.
The software was developed by Lanka Software Foundation, in Sri Lanka
and released in 2010 under the GPL licence. Ninithi is written in the Java programming language
and available for both Microsoft Windows
and Linux
platforms.
Generalized equations and algorithms used in ninithi were published in 2010.
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
. Users of ninithi can visualize the 3D molecular geometries of graphene
Graphene
Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. The term graphene was coined as a combination of graphite and the suffix -ene by Hanns-Peter Boehm, who described single-layer...
/nano-ribbons, carbon nanotubes (both single wall and multi-wall)and fullerene
Fullerene
A fullerene is any molecule composed entirely of carbon, in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, or tube. Spherical fullerenes are also called buckyballs, and they resemble the balls used in association football. Cylindrical ones are called carbon nanotubes or buckytubes...
s. Ninithi also provides features to simulate the electronic band structures of graphene and carbon nanotubes.
The software was developed by Lanka Software Foundation, in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
and released in 2010 under the GPL licence. Ninithi is written in the Java programming language
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...
and available for both Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
and Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
platforms.
Generalized equations and algorithms used in ninithi were published in 2010.