Chemical Visualization Facility
Software
A wide variety of visualization, molecular modeling and
simulation software is available on the Visualization
Facility computers. The list below contains a brief
description of the most commonly used software in the
facility.
- AVS
-- scientific visualization software from Advanced
Visual Systems
- Columbus
-- ab initio electronic structure package
- GAMESS
-- ab initio and semi-empirical quantum chemistry package
- Gaussian 98
-- electronic structure calculation
package with density functional theory capabilities
- Insight II
-- molecular modeling software from
Accelrys Inc.
- IRIS Explorer
-- scientific visualization software from
the Numerical Algorithms Group
- Mathematica
-- symbolic mathematics package
- Spartan
-- ab initio and semi-empirical molecular orbital
calculations and molecular mechanics software
MSU Department of Chemistry / Chemical Visualization Facility