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November 27th, 2011
Nanofactories – a future vision: Molecular nanotechnology could allow us to build the products we need with the sort of precision that right now only nature can do
Abstract:
Mimicking nature is a recurring theme in nanotechnology and molecular nanotechnology, inspired by the natural nanostructures found in our own bodies, offers many exciting potential outcomes.
"Molecular nanotechnology is the expected ability to build our products with molecular-level precision, as nature can do," says Christine Peterson, president of the Foresight Nanotech Institute in California. "It will bring unprecedented quality, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability".
The recent development of an electron-powered molecular "nanocar", by a team led by chemist Ben Feringa at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, hints at the potential. Further indications that molecular nanotechnology is achievable are being found in the quest for ever-smaller computing.
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guardian.co.uk
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