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    titled 'A molecular assembler', outlined the operation of the molecular robot as effectively a prototypical molecular assembler. A nanofactory is a proposed...
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  • up assembler in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Assembler may refer to: Nobukazu Takemura, avant-garde electronic musician, stage name Assembler Assemblers...
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    scanning probe microscopy) The Molecular Assembler website of Robert A. Freitas Jr. Nanotechnology Now Nanotechnology basics, news, and general information...
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    term "nanotechnology" in his 1986 book Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology, which proposed the idea of a nanoscale "assembler" that...
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  • history of nanotechnology traces the development of the concepts and experimental work falling under the broad category of nanotechnology. Although nanotechnology...
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  • molecular nanotechnology. Drexler's vision of nanotechnology, now called molecular nanotechnology, is based on the concept of the molecular assembler, a molecular...
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  • chemical compound that functions as fuel for biomolecular nanotechnology. Animat Assembler A molecular manufacturing device capable of positioning molecules...
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  • self-assembly – IBM Millipede – Molecular nanotechnology – Grey goo – Mechanosynthesis – Molecular assembler – Molecular modelling – Nanorobotics – Smartdust...
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  • Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology is a 1986 molecular nanotechnology book written by K. Eric Drexler with a foreword by Marvin Minsky...
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  • The use of nanotechnology in fiction has attracted scholarly attention. The first use of the distinguishing concepts of nanotechnology was "There's Plenty...
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  • Gray goo (category Nanotechnology)
    is a hypothetical global catastrophic scenario involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating machines consume all biomass...
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    specifically, nanorobotics (as opposed to microrobotics) refers to the nanotechnology engineering discipline of designing and building nanorobots with devices...
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    DNA nanotechnology is the design and manufacture of artificial nucleic acid structures for technological uses. In this field, nucleic acids are used as...
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  • The impact of nanotechnology extends from its medical, ethical, mental, legal and environmental applications, to fields such as engineering, biology, chemistry...
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    of Nanotechnology to describe what later became known as molecular nanotechnology (MNT). In that book, he proposed the idea of a nanoscale "assembler" which...
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  • Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology. Nanomedicine ranges from the medical applications of nanomaterials and biological devices, to...
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  • in nanotechnology. Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory National Center for Nanoscience and Technology National Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo...
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  • sedimentation and oxidation. Currently nanotechnology plays a vital role in water purification techniques. Nanotechnology is the process of manipulating atoms...
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  • the idea of nano-assemblers working dry, wet nanotech appears to be the likely first area in which something like a nano-assembler may achieve economic...
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  • Green nanotechnology refers to the use of nanotechnology to enhance the environmental sustainability of processes producing negative externalities. It...
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    Nanobiotechnology (category Nanotechnology)
    bionanotechnology, and nanobiology are terms that refer to the intersection of nanotechnology and biology. Given that the subject is one that has only emerged very...
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  • Mechanosynthesis (category Nanotechnology)
    an assembler or molecular assembler. Once assemblers exist, geometric growth (directing copies to make copies) could reduce the cost of assemblers rapidly...
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  • eat'. Freitas used the term to describe a scenario involving molecular nanotechnology gone awry. In this situation (called the grey goo scenario) out-of-control...
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  • attracted interest in the field of nanotechnology for their potential for application in areas such as biomedical nanotechnology, tissue cell culturing, molecular...
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    and Esaulov Love; et al. (2005). "Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiolates on Metals as a Form of Nanotechnology". Chem. Rev. 105 (4): 1103–1170. doi:10...
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  • Nanoelectronics refers to the use of nanotechnology in electronic components. The term covers a diverse set of devices and materials, with the common characteristic...
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  • A universal constructor may refer to: Universal assembler, a hypothesized nanotechnology device for building a large class of nanomachines including itself...
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  • Nanoengineering (category Nanotechnology)
    one billionth of a meter. Nanoengineering is largely a synonym for nanotechnology, but emphasizes the engineering rather than the pure science aspects...
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    buckminsterfullerene, also known as buckyballs. He was an advocate of nanotechnology and its applications. Smalley, the youngest of 4 siblings, was born...
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  • Virus nanotechnology is the use of viruses as a source of nanoparticles for biomedical purposes. Viruses are made up of a genome and a capsid; and some...
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