CCL: Virtual NanoLab (VNL) is now free for academic users

 Sent to CCL by: "Anne  Nielsen" [anne.nielsen/a\quantumwise.com]
 QuantumWise is happy to announce that Virtual NanoLab (VNL) is now free
 for academic users!
 VNL works as a graphical user interface for Atomistix ToolKit (ATK), but
 QuantumWise also develops tools allowing VNL to act as a flexible
 graphical user interface for other software packages, including, but not
 limited to, FHI-aims, VASP*, QuantumEspresso, LAMMPS, and GPAW.
 You can use VNL to build atomic structures and export them in all common
 file formats - or in your own or other custom format, since the
 functionality can be extended with plugins. You can also analyze and plot
 results from virtually any code in VNL, including your own by using the
 powerful Python API to write new plugins that interpret the output files
 > from the calculations.
 The free academic license additionally includes ATK-Classical for running
 molecular dynamics simulations, computing phonon spectra and other
 thermal properties, and for other calculations using empirical
 potentials.
 Thus, if you work as an academic researcher at a university, college, or
 similar (but not including government labs), you can obtain a free,
 perpetual license for VNL by filling out this form.
 We hope you will enjoy VNL as much as our current users do! Have a look
 at these testimonials to see what they say about the software.
 Notes
 * The free academic license does not include any capabilities for running
 DFT or semi-empirical electronic structure calculations using Atomistix
 ToolKit (ATK). For this, you need to purchase a license.
 It also does not cover the the advanced VASP features, which include the
 VASP Scripter to set up full calculation input files and visualization of
 VASP result files. It is possible to import and export POSCAR files using
 just the free license. To use the additional VASP functionalities you
 must purchase a license; prices start from 500 for a perpetual academic
 license.
 Researchers and engineers working in industrial companies and government
 labs can purchase licenses for VNL. Please contact us for pricing and
 more information about these options.
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 nanolab-vnl-is-now-free-for-academic-users