VNL version history/changelog Versions: 2008.10 | 2008.02 | 2.0.x | 1.VN4 | 1.3 | 1.2 New in 2008.10 - New instrument: Bulk Builder
New in 2008.02 - Complete redesign of the program interface
- Drag-and-drop data between VNL tools, scripts and VNL files from the file system into VNL tools, NanoLanguage scripts to and from third-party text editors
- Lab Floor removed; save geometries and data as NanoLanguage scripts or VNL files on disk
- Improved and updated NanoLanguage Scripter with full support for ATK 2008.02
- Easy access to and overview of all results calculated with ATK 2008.02 using a new instrument (Result Browser)
- Easily set up Magnetic Tunnel Junctions in a new dedicated instrument
- Generate simple slab configurations directly in Atomic Manipulator
- Support for periodic atom configurations
- Support (limited) for manipulation of heterogeneous two-probes
- Surface layers are now set up the number of layers instead of the screening distance
- Improved support for import of xyz files
- Transmission spectrum can now be calculated by specification of an energy range
- Transmission coefficients can now be calculation by specification of a k-point sampling grid
New in 2.0 - Complete access to all ATK 2.3 NanoLanguage features with the NanoLanguage Scripter
- A memory leak which caused crashes in the 3D visualizations has been fixed
- Store and reuse NanoLanguage methods
- Relaxations of nanotubes no longer fail due to attempted write on VNLFile
- k-points for left and right electrodes are now always identical
New in 1.4 - New instrument: Molecular Builder
- Several predefined color maps to choose from
New in 1.3- A couple of serious memory leaks have been fixed
- Crystal Grower replaced by Crystal Cupboard, with over 500 templates
- Possibility to edit bulk samples in the Atomic Manipulator by modifing the lattice parameters and changing the elements in the basis
- New 2D plotting engine, with support for export and print
- Export of individual samples
- Drag-and-drop samples into VNL from outside
- Log Book plots, also for imported samples from ATK 2.0 and 2.1, with support for spin-dependent calculations
- A problem with bonds when changing the chiral indices in the Nanotube Grower was fixed
- Cleaving of electrodes moved into the Atomic Manipulator
- Possibility to make Si or Au (or any other single-element) nanotubes
New in 1.2 - Support for viewing results from ATK 2.0
- New instrument: Nanotube Grower
- An improved Atomic Manipulator which is even easier to use for setting up two-probe systems
- Completely re-designed Nanoscope, with substantially improved 3D performance
- Support for new functionality in ATK 2.0 (with some limitations)
- Performance improvements, in particular when importing samples and sessions (including the program startup itself)
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