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This page is about using the principles of natural nanomachinery (main focus self assembly by movement driven through intense shaking) for assembly at the macroscale.
 
This page is about using the principles of natural nanomachinery (main focus self assembly by movement driven through intense shaking) for assembly at the macroscale.
  
'''Main obstacles:'''
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'''For main obstacles see page: [[Diffusion slowdown blockade]]'''
* much lower speeds – typically much below the speed of sound
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* much larger distances
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* => much much lower random part encounter rates
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The encounter rate of small molecule sized parts at the nanoscale due to thermal motion is mindbogglingly high. <br>
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To get an intuitive feel about just how much macroscale is at a disadvantage see page: [[The speed of atoms]]
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This obstacle can be hit when scaling [[termination control]] and [[site addressability]] in <br>
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technologies that use [[thermally driven self-assembly]] to raher large scales. <br>
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Like e.g. already the casein the higher [[selfassembly level]]s of [[structural DNA nanotechnology]].
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Latest revision as of 13:51, 18 May 2022

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This page is about using the principles of natural nanomachinery (main focus self assembly by movement driven through intense shaking) for assembly at the macroscale.

For main obstacles see page: Diffusion slowdown blockade

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