Nanotechnology: radical new science or plus ça change?

Moriarty, Philip

Abstract

Is a radical nanotechnology involving the construction of macroscopic products via software-directed manipulation of single molecules possible? Are we only a few decades
away from a technological utopia where virtually any product may be constructed via molecular manufacturing? These and other similarly provocative questions formed the
backdrop for a well-attended debate on nanotechnology held in the University of Nottingham last year (26 August 2005).

Citation

Moriarty, P. (2005). Nanotechnology: radical new science or plus ça change?. Nanotechnology Perceptions, 1,

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: May 19, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: May 19, 2008
• Journal: Nanotechnology Perceptions
• Print ISSN: 1660-6795
• Publisher: Collegium Basilea
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Keywords: nanotechnology; molecular manufacturing; nanoscience; Drexler; scanning probe; debate
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1019882
• Related Public URLs: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/research/nano