Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the applied science of working with atomic and molecular sized machines.

• Generally nanotechnology concerns itself with working with things on the scale of 100 nanometers or smaller.
• Nanaotechnology, on a theoretical basis, is generally divided into a weak and a strong period of development based upon capability and pervasiveness of adoption.

Description (Specifications)

Nanotechnological innovations begin around TL–8 with the construction of machines capable of imaging and moving individual atoms. This bottom up approach to construction of devices and materials is quickly supplemented with better understanding of chemical properties and the ability to finely manipulate chemical processes through electrical, magnetic, or photomanipulation techniques. Many of these techniques borrow from biological processes. This places nanotechnology studies somewhere between biology, mechanical engineering and chemistry.

Makertech

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History & Background (Dossier)

Many of the technological advances made by TL–9 and beyond are due to the advances of nanotechnology.

Industrial Nanotechnology (Proto-nanotechnology)

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Wet Nanotechnology (Makertech)

Nanotech processes are a "wet" technology, requiring specialized equipment to create and manipulate. Wet Nanotech is sometimes characterized as "Weak or Early Nanotechnology".

Dry Nanotechnology (Goo)

There remains a large area of study for "dry" nanotechnology, where the nano machines are used outside a laboratory or manufacturing facility to manipulate the environment to a particular end. Dry Nanotech is sometimes characterized as "Strong, Late, or Advanced Nanotech".

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