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Nanotechnology
Of or pertaining to the manipulation of matter on an atomic or molecular scale. More specifically, it is the science and technology of matter manipulation from 1 to 100 nanometers.
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pico technology
Physics; Nanotechnology
(trillionth of a meter) -- the next step smaller, after Nano-technology. The art of manipulating materials on a quantum scale.
qubit
Physics; Nanotechnology
The quantum computing analog to a bit. Qubits exhibit superposition. Thus, unlike normal bits, qubits can be both 1 and 0 at the same time.
red goo
Physics; Nanotechnology
Deliberately designed and released destructive nanotechnology, as opposed to accidentally created grey goo.
replicator
Physics; Nanotechnology
A system able to build copies of itself when provided with raw materials and energy.
scanning capacitance microscopy
Physics; Nanotechnology
A method for mapping the local capacitance of a surface.
positional controlled chemical synthesis or positional synthesis
Physics; Nanotechnology
Control of chemical reactions by precisely positioning the reactive molecules, the basic principle of assemblers.
positional devices
Physics; Nanotechnology
See "A New Family of Six Degree Of Freedom Positional Devices" by Ralph C. Merkle
