A bit of breakthrough on nanoscale molecular manufacturing

An important milestone in the development of nanotechnology leading to atomically precise manufacturing (molecular manufacturing) is the development of artificial molecular machines that can control molecular transformations. Two scientists from the University of Groningen, Netherlands, published a paper in Science [abstract] earlier this year demonstrating control of a chemical reaction by an artificial molecular machine. They constructed a light-driven molecular motor that catalyses different chemical reactions as the motor is stepped through its rotary cycle. The researchers’ institute has made the full text of “Dynamic Control of Chiral Space in a Catalytic Asymmetric Reaction Using a Molecular Motor” available here.foresight

This is the approach I talked about. Nanomanufacturing is very efficient, heat losses controlled at the quantum level. We will be synthesizing methanol with this technique. I'll bet a dollar that they use Shannon as their programming model, modeling each molecular event as a Shannon code in a limited molecular channel

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