Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology RevolutionExamines the field of medicine, toxic waste, and production relating how they will revolutionize life in the future. |
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... Materials : Today , materials scientists make new superconduc- tors , semiconductors , and structural materials by mixing and crush- ing and baking and freezing , and so forth . They dream of far more structures than they can make , and ...
... Materials : Today , materials scientists make new superconduc- tors , semiconductors , and structural materials by mixing and crush- ing and baking and freezing , and so forth . They dream of far more structures than they can make , and ...
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... materials : worth only dollars per kilogram in most applications , but much sim- pler in structure . Once molecular manufacturing becomes inexpen- sive , structural materials will be important products . These materials play a central ...
... materials : worth only dollars per kilogram in most applications , but much sim- pler in structure . Once molecular manufacturing becomes inexpen- sive , structural materials will be important products . These materials play a central ...
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... materials and energy . The strongest materials in use today are mostly made of carbon . Kevlar , used in racing sails and bulletproof vests , is made of carbon- rich molecular fibers . Expensive graphite composites , used in tennis ...
... materials and energy . The strongest materials in use today are mostly made of carbon . Kevlar , used in racing sails and bulletproof vests , is made of carbon- rich molecular fibers . Expensive graphite composites , used in tennis ...
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The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
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