Molecular nanotechnology refers to the engineering goal of building complex systems to atomic precision.
Scaling Laws[]
The motivation of building smaller functional systems derives from the desire to maximize the amount of the system doing useful work. A nanofactory with quadrillions of assemblers would be able build a complex product far faster than a robotic arm made up of the same mass.
Applications[]
- rapid manufacturing
- rapid infrastructure
- high energy density systems
- mass-produced diamond and fullerenes
- nanomedicine
- military uses