Origami: A versatile modeling system for visualising chemical structure and exploring molecular function

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-47

  Davis, James ^a   Leslie, Ray ^a   Billington, Susan ^b   Slater, Peter R ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dukeries College and Complex   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modeling; Models; Molecular shape; Origami; Shape; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955794399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c001044h     Document Type: Article

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