Our paper Influence of Molecule-Surface and Molecule-Molecule Interactions on Two-Dimensional Patterns formed by Functionalised Aromatic Molecules is featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. The Image was created and rendered with POV-Ray.

Actually POV-Ray feels a lot as a scripting language as it is quite easy to code, but it is also a bit as a programming language as you have to write a code and compile it.

To get started with POV-Ray, just pick a first example file HERE and save it somewhere on your computer. Then open a shell and type

povray sphere.pov

that’s it! From here you can then build up your own way just by playing with further examples.