Spectrum of means of assembly

pure self assembly

• self assembly
• odd special case: nonthermal selfassembly

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Chemical synthesis
Well, sort of. Chemical synthesis is self assembling in the sense of finding its reaction partners by diffusion transport.

• Many forms of thermally driven self assembly are typically not classified as chemical synthesis.
• Chemical synthesis can be classified as a form of thermally driven self assembly.

mixed assembly

• site activation assembly – has been experimentally conducted (related patterned atomic layer epitaxy & hydrogen abstraction lithography)
• wash in tip recharge assembly – seems a lot less practical than "site activation assembly"
• tether assisted assembly – might be interesting to investigate – does not allow for force applying mechanosynthesis though

pure positional assembly

• positional assembly
• force applying mechanosynthesis

Unspecific (not pure self assembly)

• the various forms of mechanosynthesis
• mechanosynthesis

Related

• Connection mechanism Connection method, Coupling mechanism

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• Bridging the gaps – the spectrum of means of assembly is one of the gaps that need to be bridged/crossed to arrive at advanced productive nanosystems
• You may actually be looking for connection mechanisms for advanced gem-gum-tec. – Connection method
• One mean for atomically precise production is good old chemical synthesis. But is severely limited in product size.

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• For means of assembly including o larger scales see: Connection method