Comments on: Diamond mechanosynthesis for atomically precise nanotechnology to be explored experimentally

By: Corey Smith

Corey Smith — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:52:38 +0000

Would this be done in a high vacuum or in an inert fluid or gas environment?

By: Roslyn Cortright

Roslyn Cortright — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:31:21 +0000

The end result of this iterative development process will be a mature set of efficient, positionally controlled mechanosynthetic tools that can reliably build atomically precise diamondoid structures — including more DMS tools.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:05:26 +0000

DMS, also used to as the source of spin polarized excitons or carriers.

By: the Foresight Institute » Blog Archive » Mechanical manipulation of silicon dimers on a silicon surface (video)

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:47:07 +0000

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By: Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion » Blog Archive » Consortium for atomically precise manufacturing awarded $9.7 M to develop advanced nanotechnology

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:31:47 +0000

[...] Coming only two months after the announcement that a UK laboratory was awarded $3M to investigate the possibility of diamond mechanosynthesis, the announcement that $9.7M has been awarded to a US consortium for atomically precise manufacturing is indeed welcome news for nanotech enthusiasts—especially for advocates of advanced nanotechnology, alternatively termed molecular manufacturing or productive nanosystems. Read the entire Zyvex Labs press release. Zyvex Labs is one of several companies formed from the April 2007 reorganization of Zyvex Corporation. John Randall was a member of the Steering Committee for the Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems and spoke at the conference a year ago that launched the roadmap. He also contributed several papers to the Working Group Proceedings (210 pages, 14.6 MB PDF). The main part of Productive Nanosystems: A Technology Roadmap (198 pages, 2.1 MB PDF) is also available and provides a wide overview of the challenges and opportunities of atomically precise manufacturing.—Jim [...]

By: Phillip Huggan

Phillip Huggan — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:47:35 +0000

If mechanosynthesis is doable, it looks like the project is agnostic on the first pattern. I suggest in the spirit of the Xenon atoms spelled out to form “IBM”, that the first diamond site specific pattern be used to spell “Phil”. In honour of P.Moriarty of course.