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	* For [[hard nanomachinery]] or [[stiff nanomachinery]] see page: [[Macroscale style machinery at the nanoscale]]		* For [[hard nanomachinery]] or [[stiff nanomachinery]] see page: [[Macroscale style machinery at the nanoscale]]

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			* To "hard" nanomachinery behaving soft too see page: <br>[[A better intuition for diamondoid nanomachinery than jelly]]
			* For [[hard nanomachinery]] or [[stiff nanomachinery]] see page: [[Macroscale style machinery at the nanoscale]]

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Usually this refer to molecular biology and nanotechnologies that aim to mimicking it i.e. [[synthetic biology]].
Following the [[synthetic biology]] pathway will not lead to [[advanced productive nanosystems]] of the kind that is in focus on this [[APM]] wiki here.
Or rather contribute peripherally alongside an [[accidental path]].

"Soft" in soft nanomachinery may also (but more rarely) refer to [[foldamer]] based nanotechnologies less or more beyond [[synthetic biology]]
like e.g. [[structural DNA nanotechnology]] and [[de-novo]] protein engineering.
Floppy chain molecules (and staple strand molecules) fold and [[self assemble]].
The resulting structures may still be quite soft and floppy.
Though along the [[incremental path]] there is a focus on [[stiffness]].
Aiming for foldamer structures that are especially rigid and lead to more geometric shapes that can better be abstracted over.
E.g. Think "protein lego". A big challenge here is [[termination control]].
While [[foldamers]] are softer than [[crystolecule]]s, the ones along the [[incremental path]] are still harder/stiffer than what onedeals with n [[synthetic biology]]. The aim of the [[incremental path]] is to use soft nanotechnology to get to stiff nanotechnology (and thus more and more advanced materials) ASAP.

== Related ==

* [[Incremental path]] ([[Brownian path]])
* [[Synthetic biology]]
* [[Foldamers]]