Evaluating the Friction of Rotary Joints in Molecular Machines (paper)
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External link to the paper
- Paper: "Evaluating the Friction of Rotary Joints in Molecular Machines" (2017-01-27)
arXiv:1701.08202 [cond-mat.soft]; ResearchGate; pubs.rsc.org; Google Scholar
This uses simpified results from the Fluctuation-dissipation_theorem (Wikipedia-link)
More or less directly based on the results of this paper is this paper about ultra high efficiency nanomechanical computation
Molecular Mechanical Computing Systems
by Ralph C. Merkle, Robert A. Freitas Jr., Tad Hogg, Thomas E. Moore, Matthew S. Moses, James Ryleyby
Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
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Related pages on E. Drexlers homepage (internet archive):
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Related section in Nanosystems:
Nanosystems – Chapter 7 – Energy Dissipation – (page 161 to 190)