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ArticleJournal of chemical information and modeling2025

PACKMOL-GUI: An All-In-One VMD Interface for Efficient Molecular Packing.

Jian Huang, Chenchen Wu, Xiner Yang, Zaixing Yang, Shengtang Liu, Gang Yu

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Article in Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Jian HuangSino-Finland Joint AI Laboratory for Child Health of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310052, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1955-4316
Chenchen WuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
Xiner YangState Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Zaixing YangState Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3521-6867
Shengtang LiuState Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9632-9377
Gang YuSino-Finland Joint AI Laboratory for Child Health of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310052, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9935-9969

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PACKMOL is a widely utilized molecular modeling tool within the computational chemistry community. However, its tremendous advantages have been impeded by the longstanding lack of a robust open-source graphical user interface (GUI) that integrates parameter settings with the visualization of molecular and geometric constraints. To address this limitation, we have developed PACKMOL-GUI, a VMD plugin that leverages the dynamic extensibility of the Tcl/Tk toolkit. This GUI enables the configuration of all PACKMOL parameters through an intuitive user panel, while also facilitating the visualization of molecular structures and geometric constraints, including cubes, boxes, and spheres, among others via the VMD software. The seamless interaction between the VMD and PACKMOL provides an intuitive and efficient all-in-one platform for the packing of complex molecular systems.

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PMID39797794
PMCPMC11776922

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