Interactive simulations to support quantum mechanics instruction for chemistry students

Antje Kohnle; Cory Benfield; Georg Hähner; Mark Paetkau

doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00459

Interactive simulations to support quantum mechanics instruction for chemistry students

Antje Kohnle, Cory Benfield, Georg Hähner, Mark Paetkau

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The QuVis Quantum Mechanics Visualization Project provides freely-available research based interactive simulations with accompanying activities for the teaching and learning of quantum mechanics across a wide range of topics and levels. This article gives an overview of some of the simulations and describes their use in an introductory physical chemistry university course, where simulations were implemented as a pre-lab assignment, as lecture demonstrations, and as homework problems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	392-397
Journal	Journal of Chemical Education
Volume	94
Issue number	3
Early online date	2 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00459
Publication status	Published - 14 Mar 2017

Keywords

First-year undergraduate/general
Second-year undergraduate
Physical chemistry
Computer-based learning
Quantum chemistry

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Quantum Mechanics Animations: Developing and evaluating quantum mechanics animations for chemistry students
Kohnle, A. (PI), Jakeman, L. J. (CoI) & Sinclair, B. D. (CoI)
The Higher Education Academy
28/08/12 → 27/08/13
Project: Standard

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