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Nanotechnology in Mechanical Industries

Nature can turn carbon into graphite and diamond, but through nanotechnology, humans can now turn carbon into nanotubes. Nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary field involving biologists, chemists, physicists and engineers studying substances at the nanoscale. At the nanoscale, atoms and molecules stick together through complementary shapes and charges. As millions of these atoms are assembled by nanomachines, a specific product begins to take shape. The goal of molecular manufacturing is to individually manipulate atoms and place them in patterns to produce desired structures, similar to how ribosomes in cells receive messages to assemble protein molecules. However, the term "molecular assembler" usually refers to hypothetical human-made devices that could manipulate individual atoms with precision.

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Nanotechnology in Mechanical Industries

Nature can turn carbon into graphite and diamond, but through nanotechnology, humans can now turn carbon into nanotubes. Nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary field involving biologists, chemists, physicists and engineers studying substances at the nanoscale. At the nanoscale, atoms and molecules stick together through complementary shapes and charges. As millions of these atoms are assembled by nanomachines, a specific product begins to take shape. The goal of molecular manufacturing is to individually manipulate atoms and place them in patterns to produce desired structures, similar to how ribosomes in cells receive messages to assemble protein molecules. However, the term "molecular assembler" usually refers to hypothetical human-made devices that could manipulate individual atoms with precision.

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NANO TECHNOLOGY AND ITS


APPLICATION IN MECHANICAL
INDUSTRIES

ARAVIND.B SRIVAS.A
II YEAR II YEAR
VELAMMAL [Link] VELAMMAL [Link]
Contact no: 9176134549 Contact no: 9789860627
Email-id: aravind_scorpious@[Link] E-mail:srivu_raman@[Link]

Abstract :

Nature turns Carbon into Graphite and Diamond but man turns Carbon into nanotubes.
Nanotechnology is rapidly becoming an interdisciplinary field. Biologists, chemists, physicists
and engineers are all involved in the study of substances at the nanoscale. Atoms and molecules
stick together because they have complementary shapes that lock together, or charges that attract.
Just like with magnets, a positively charged atom will stick to a negatively charged atom. As
millions of these atoms are pieced together by nanomachines, a specific product will begin to
take shape. The goal of Molecular Manufacturing is to manipulate atoms individually & place
them in a pattern to produce a desired structure.A molecular assembler as d is a "proposed
device able to guide chemical reactions by positioning reactive molecules with atomic
precision." Some biological molecules such as ribosomes fit this definition, since while working
within a cells's environment, they receive instructions from messenger RNA and then assemble
specific sequences of amino acids to construct protein molecules. However, the term
"molecular assembler" usually refers to theoretical human-made or synthetic devices. Much of
the body of this article discusses "molecular assemblers and molecular replicetors" in the popular
sense. These include hypothetical machines that manipulate individual atoms, and machines with
organism-like self-replicating abilities, mobility, ability to consume food, and so forth. These are
quite different from devices that merely (as defined above) "guide chemical reactions by
positioning reactive molecules with atomic precision".

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