Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation"Devices enormously smaller than before will remodel engineering, chemistry, medicine, and computer technology. How can we understand machines that are so small? Nanosystems covers it all: power and strength, friction and wear, thermal noise and quantum uncertainty. This is the book for starting the next century of engineering." - Marvin Minsky MIT Science magazine calls Eric Drexler "Mr. Nanotechnology." For years, Drexler has stirred controversy by declaring that molecular nanotechnology will bring a sweeping technological revolution - delivering tremendous advances in miniaturization, materials, computers, and manufacturing of all kinds. Now, he's written a detailed, top-to-bottom analysis of molecular machinery - how to design it, how to analyze it, and how to build it. Nanosystems is the first scientifically detailed description of developments that will revolutionize most of the industrial processes and products currently in use. This groundbreaking work draws on physics and chemistry to establish basic concepts and analytical tools. The book then describes nanomechanical components, devices, and systems, including parallel computers able to execute 1020 instructions per second and desktop molecular manufacturing systems able to make such products. Via chemical and biochemical techniques, proximal probe instruments, and software for computer-aided molecular design, the book charts a path from present laboratory capabilities to advanced molecular manufacturing. Bringing together physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, and computer science, Nanosystems provides an indispensable introduction to the emerging field of molecular nanotechnology. |
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... assembly . Given moiety - level assembly , the chief physical questions raised by this approach involve assembly at intermediate scales . 14.2.1 . Joining building blocks a . Mechanisms for positioning and assembly . Both mill - style ...
... assembly mechanism occupies an area of ( 100 nm ) 2 , then an assembly rate of 106 small moieties per second implies a ~ 108 s construction time , more than a year . This strategy might be attractive for designs that lack thick solid ...
Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation K. Eric Drexler. primary assembly line assembly stations ( a ) output port ( c ) secondary assembly lines tertiary assembly lines etc. ( b ) ( d ) Figure 14.4 . A simple model of a ...
Contents
Classical Magnitudes and Scaling Laws | 23 |
Potential Energy Surfaces | 36 |
Molecular Dynamics | 71 |
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