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):
- Phonon drag in sleeve bearings can be orders of magnitude smaller than viscous drag in liquids
- Symmetric molecular bearings can exhibit low energy barriers that are insensitive to details of the potential energy function
- Stiffly supported sliding atoms have a smooth interaction potential
- Softly supported sliding atoms can undergo abrupt transitions in energy -- Related page: Snapback
Related section in Nanosystems:
Nanosystems – Chapter 7 – Energy Dissipation – (page 161 to 190)
