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Their size constitutes a trade-off between re-usability and space usage efficiency. | Their size constitutes a trade-off between re-usability and space usage efficiency. | ||
They are limited by the assembly level II building chamber sizes of the generating Nanofactory. | They are limited by the assembly level II building chamber sizes of the generating Nanofactory. | ||
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| + | In the simplest case one could use a '''simple cube as delimiting base shape'''. | ||
| + | Stacking them then forms a simple cubic microcomponent crystal. | ||
| + | To get less anisotropic behavior of [[diamondoid metamaterial|metamaterials]] one can | ||
| + | make them have the shape of either of: | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncated_octahedron truncated octahedrons] (the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigner%E2%80%93Seitz_cell Wigner Seitz] cell of the body centered cubic system bcc) | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombic_dodecahedron rhombic dodecaherdons] (the Wigner Seitz cell of the face centered cubic system fcc) | ||
| + | * Base cells of more complicated crystal structures or even quasi-crystals will make geometric reasoning exceedingly hard and will therefore probably only be considered if needed for a good reason. | ||
Revision as of 19:21, 18 January 2014
[Todo: improve stub; add better definition]
They are briefly described on the "assembly levels" page.
They have no exposed chemical radicals and should preferably use reversible locking mechanisms
Their size constitutes a trade-off between re-usability and space usage efficiency.
They are limited by the assembly level II building chamber sizes of the generating Nanofactory.
In the simplest case one could use a simple cube as delimiting base shape. Stacking them then forms a simple cubic microcomponent crystal. To get less anisotropic behavior of metamaterials one can make them have the shape of either of:
- truncated octahedrons (the Wigner Seitz cell of the body centered cubic system bcc)
- rhombic dodecaherdons (the Wigner Seitz cell of the face centered cubic system fcc)
- Base cells of more complicated crystal structures or even quasi-crystals will make geometric reasoning exceedingly hard and will therefore probably only be considered if needed for a good reason.
