Self-assembling materials
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Experts predict that a new manufacturing technique called 'self-assembly' will one day allow machines and materials to make themselves. With this technique, atoms, molecules and their aggregates arrange themselves into ordered functioning entities without human intervention.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
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The once and future nanomachine
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The inspiration for nanotechnology found in molecular biology is discussed. The possibility of nanoscale submarines, capable of healing diseased cells, and nanoscale machines or assemblers, capable of atom-scale fabrication, is explored.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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The art of building small
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The development of nanofabrication techniques is discussed. The key features of photolithography, developed for microelectronics, and soft lithography, for use in biochemical and optical fiber research, are explained.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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