Chatbot developers hope to make computational chemistry more accessible

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AutoSolvateWeb could help undergraduates upwards simulate solvation 

A free computational platform could enable undergraduate chemists upwards to set up multistep molecular simulations and visualise molecules in solution with the help of a chatbot.  

The researchers, who are based at Emory University, US, highlighted that, although advances in theoretical methods and software are empowering researchers to tackle more complex problems, learning to use these tools properly has become increasingly difficult.