In this exercise, students will learn how to use a modeling program to build a
lattice structure. It will teach students how to construct a sheeted material such as
graphite, how to construct an intercalated compound, how to construct a fullerene
(buckyball, C60) and a aza-fullerene (C48N12), and how to construct a carbon nanotube
from chains of carbon molecules. It aims to improve a student’s ability to visualize 3D
structures.
Keywords: Molecular modelling, materials, intercalation, fullerene, nanotube,
allotropes.
