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Introduction and Overview | Nanosystems

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1.1. Why molecular manufacturing?

On this page 1.1. Why molecular manufacturing? ​ The following devices and capabilities appear to be both physically possible and practically realizable: Programmable positioning of reactive molecules with ∼ 0.1 n m \sim 0.1 \mathrm{~nm} ∼ 0.1 nm precision Mechanosynthesis at > 10 6 >10^{6} > 1 0 6 operations/device ⋅ \cdot ⋅ second Mechanosynthetic assembly of 1 k g 1 \mathrm{~kg} 1 kg objects in < 10 4 s <10^{4} \mathrm{~s} < 1 0 4 s Nanomechanical systems operating at ∼ 10 9 H z \sim 10^{9} \mathrm{~Hz} ∼ 1 0 9 Hz Logic gates that occupy ∼ 10 − 26 m 3 ( ∼ 10 − 8 μ 3 ) \sim 10^{-26} \mathrm{

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