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Of Chemistry, love and nanorobots

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning the feasibility of constructing nanorobots are discussed. The basic chemistry required to create a self-replicating nanorobot, the possibility of their mutation and the practical impossibility of their construction are explored.

Author: Smalley, Richard E.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Physical chemistry, Chemical bonds

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Machine-phase nanotechnology

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Research in the field of machine-phase nanotechnology is discussed. The advantages of molecular manipulation are explored, its potential applications in manufacturing, energy storage and medicine and its possible misuse, are examined.

Author: Drexler, K. Eric
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
Manufacturing industry, Manufacturing industries, Molecular biology

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The incredible shrinking circuit

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Developments in the miniaturisation of microelectronic devices are discussed. Research in nanoelectronics to create nanoscale electronic parts such as transistors and relays, and their potential applications, is described.

Author: Lieber, Charles M.
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
Microelectronics, Miniaturization (Electronics)

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