FuiGui :A Graphical User Interface for Investigating Conjectures About Fullerenes

Abstract

Fullerenes are all-carbon molecules whose molecular structures correspond to 3-regular planar graphs that have face sizes equal to five or six. FuiGui (FUllerene Interactive Graphical User Interface) is a Java program under development whose goal is to aid the exploration of fullerenes and their parameters. This paper describes FuiGui and the design challenges faced when trying to make a fun and effective research tool.