Buckyball template

Electron-sharing bonding 3. Fragment Calculation 2. Density SCF 3. Visualize NOCV deformation densities 3. Generate a CUBE file 4. Unrestricted Calculations 2. Generate CUBE files 3. Start AMSinput. Click on the magnifying glass. Search for graphite and select C Graphite from the crystal compounds.

Left click and drag in the viewport to rotate the graphite cell into an orientation where you can easily see the four layers. Select three of the layers using the Left mouse button and dragging a box around them in the viewport. Holding down the Shift key adds atoms to an existing selection. Press the DEL or backspace button on your keyboard to delete the selected atoms.

Switch Periodicity from Bulk to Slab. Click on the Edit menu next to the SCM logo on the top. In the pop-up window enter 6 , 6 on the diagonal. Enter buckyball into the search field and select C Buckyball.

Use your right mouse button to drag the buckyball above the graphene sheet. Select the buckyball by holding down the Shift key and dragging a box around it using your left mouse button in the viewport.

Confirm that your buckyball is now highlighted in the viewport on the left. Switch the Main panel. Select C. Make sure the Task is set to Molecular Dynamics. Go to the molecular dynamics details panel by clicking to the right. Set the Number of steps to Set the Sample frequency to Set Initial velocities to Zero.

Select our previously set up region Buckyball1 from the System drop-down menu. See also See the molecule gun section in the AMS driver manual for a complete overview of the supported options. Set Frequency to 1. Each Buckyball molecule is made up of 60 carbon atoms called a truncated icosahedron and belongs to a group of materials known as nano-materials. Nano-materials are created by scientists by manipulating individual atoms to build molecules of different shapes.

Groups of these molecules form materials with particular characteristics, making them suitable for different jobs. For example, some nano-materials are already being used in makeup and sunscreens. The strong, hollow particles that make up the Buckyball may someday be used to carry medicine or even block the action of certain viruses. Making your own Buckyball Molecule is simple with our cool molecule template! After folding it in Fig8 , take the side flaps and fold them over to the other side Fig9.

Do both sides Fig10 Then take one of the flaps and fold it towards the center, about halfway in Fig11 Fold the rest of the flap in half towards the center edge Fig12 And then fold that over on top Fig13 Repeat on the other side Fig After you've folded the main part, you'll need to fold the hook. It will allow you to connect the unit to the rest of the other units. Without flipping the unit over as in Fig14 , take the outermost front flap facing you on the top, and fold it downwards, making a valley fold where the two corners of the flaps folded inward meet the outside edge Fig15 Fold the flap down Fig16 Usually, you can line up the outside edge crease to overlay the top diagonal edge Fig17 Otherwise, just make it look like Fig You've finished one unit.

Don't worry, once you get the hang of it, it will be much easier and faster. However, if this is your first time making a buckyball, expect to spend at least 3 hours making it, not including the computer and printing part. Fig19 and Fig20 show one finished unit. Finish folding the rest of the square pieces of paper and then move on to the next step. Now here's where you'll see your work pay off. Using the hooks at the ends of the unit, connect a unit with another one at an angle, by inserting the hook flaps inside the other unit at the center.

Fig21, Fig22 It is easier if you insert the flaps at the middle of the unit. Fig23 Insert both flaps. Fig24 You'll connect three units, and the center should look like a triangle.

Fig25 You may want to staple the units in place if you are using heavy paper. Now that you know how the units connect to each other, you can finish building the buckyball. Keep connecting units together, forming a semi circle as you go along. Stop when you get to making four center triangles, and you'll be bringing the two at the ends together to make a fifth triangle.

As opposed to connecting them in counterclockwise or clockwise order Fig30 B. Just because when you do it that way, you don't have much wiggling room. Keep adding more units Fig31 , and you should see your buckyball forming into its shape Fig Putting the last unit in, is perhaps the most difficult part Fig It will want to become undone, and well, you'll have to wrestle with it a bit, especially if you're using heavy paper. Once you've managed to put the last unit in place, you'll be done.

You've built your own buckyball!. You may want to throw it around, kick it, and play with it a little to let the paper form and bend some so it's not so stiff. It will also make give it more of a rounded shape, mine looked a bit squarish when I finished making it Fig So why go through all this trouble for a ball?? Well, if you choose heavy paper, you'll see just how strong the buckyball can be.

I've wanted to build one that's 10 ft tall, but, I don't have the cardboard necessary. Cardboard used in covering pallets when stacking cardboard boxes would work really well. Unfortunately, I don't live near a bakery or somewhere else I could get my hands on cardboard sheets, and buying big sheets of cardboard can be expensive. So, have fun, and make them small, the size of your head, or big enough to fit inside!

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