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Papers
"Molecular Manufacturing: Adding Positional Control to Chemical 1 Synthesis." Ralph Merkle
"Molecular Engineering: An approach to the development of general capabilities for molecular manipulation," First Journal article on molecular nanotechnology/Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Sept. 1981
Convergent Assembly by Ralph Merkle, Xerox PARC
Dr. Dan Feldheim and Dr. Louis Brousseau at North Carolina State University,
building single electron trasistors using molecular self-assembly and nanoclusters. Development of nanoscale wires and electronics, and "nano-beakers."
Design considerations for an assembler  By Ralph Merkle XEROX PARC
Molecular Mechanics and Molecular Dynamics analysis of Drexler-Merkle Gears and Neon Pump
T. Cagin, A. Jaramillo-Botero, G. Gaol and W.A. Goddard III   California Institute of Technology
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Carbon Nanotube Based Gears
Nanosecond Plasma Opening Switch (ns-POS)
Machine Phase Fullerene Nanotechnology Authors: Al Globus, Charles Bauschlicher, Jie Han, Richard Jaffe, Creon Levit, Deepak Srivastava MRJ Technology Solutions Inc. at NASA Ames Research Center.
"A Mechanical Artificial Red Cell" (respirocytes) By Robert A. Freitas Jr. First nanobot device design paper ever published in mainstream medical journal.
NanoDesign: Concepts and Software for a Nanotechnology Based on Functionalized Fullerenes Al Globus, MRJ, Inc. and Richard Jaffe at NASA Ames Research Center.
Biological Nanotechnology  Andrew Pohorille, Micheal New, Micheal Wilson and Christophe Chipot Planetary Biology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center and Dept of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Ca. San Fransisco
Theory of Molecular Machines. II Energy Dissipation from Molecular Machines running title: Dissipation from Molecular Machines  Thomas D. Schneider
A Phenomenological Model of the Rotation Dynamics of Carbon Nanotube Gears with Laser Electric Fields  Deepak Srivastava Computational Nanotechnology at NAS Systems Division
Simulations of Carbon Nanotube Tip Assisted Mechano-chemical Reactions on Diamond Surface  Fedor N. Dzeglenko, Deepak Srivastava and Subhash Saini IT Modeling and Simulation Group at NAS/MRJ
Aerospace applications of molecular nanotechnology   Al Globus, David Bailey, Jie Han, Richard Jaffe, Creon Levit, Ralph Merkle and Deepak Srivastava, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society in press 97.
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