Open Source and Open Access Materials

Jmol

• Jmol is an open-source Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D. Download and documentation are available on Jmol

  • Jsmol is an interactive HTML5 web browser object.

  • The Java desktop application supports many file formats (MOL, xyz, CIF, Gaussian…) and can also import animations, vibrations, orbitals etc.

TeXMaker

• If you use LaTeX typesetting, TeXMaker is a very useful, completely free, LaTeX editor which does not neet an internet connection.
  • It has a built-in interface, math mode, auto completion, and PDF viewer.
  • Available here: TeXMaker

Stellarium

• Stellarium is an open source planetarium application that represents the 3D sky like never before!
  • More than 200 million stars
  • Constellation representation
  • 80 000 objects from the deep sky
  • Realistic views of nebulae, stars, sunset and sunrise
  • Available here: Stellarium