KitaMo Molecular Models Ball-and-Stick Model Design Guide Draft Version. Issue Date 10 April 2012. WARNING: Please bear in mind that our models are not toys. Allow children to handle them only with adult supervision. Although they are built with structural integrity, they can easily be damaged by mishandling. KitaMo Molecular Models are custom-made to your specifications. This Guide is intended to help you prepare the specifications for your Ball-and-Stick Molecular Model. If your requirements are not discussed in this guide, please let us know:
[email protected]. Copyright © 2012 KitaMo Molecular Models. All rights reserved. Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. Vincent Van Gogh KitaMo Molecular Models are custom-built using precisely-machined parts. They are not assembled from commercially available kits, resulting in accurate structures. Ball-and-Stick models are typically built on a scale of 1 Angstrom per centimeter (10 million times actual size), a compact scale that allows for easy handling and requires little display space. The tools and techniques used to produce such miniatures may be adapted to build larger scale models. To order a custom-made molecular model, the following information are required: structure, scale, color scheme, accuracy and display preference. Structural Information about the molecule. From this the number of atoms, the number of bonds, the bond angles and the bond lengths can all be determined. Such information may be provided using atomic coordinates preferably in an electronic file format that can be read by JMol (e.g., PDB).