Nanotechnology

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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In chemical solutions, self-assembly (also called Brownian assembly) results from the random motion of molecules and the affinity of their binding sites for one another. Also refers to the joining of ...

self-repair

Physics; Nanotechnology

Indicating ability to heal itself without outside intervention.

self-replication

Physics; Nanotechnology

More accurately labeled "exponential replication," self-replication refers to the process of growth or replication involving doubling within a given period. Examp.

sentience quotient

Physics; Nanotechnology

In the article "Xenopsychology" by Robert Freitas in Analog of April 1984 there is an interesting index called "Sentience quotient". It is based on: The sentience of an intelligence is roughly ...

shape memory alloy(SMA)

Physics; Nanotechnology

A unique class of alloys which are able to "remember" their shape and are able to return to that shape even after being bent. The ability is known as the shape memory effect. ... This property has ...

singularity

Physics; Nanotechnology

Defined by Vernor Vinge as the "postulated point or short period in our future when our self-guided evolutionary development accelerates enormously (powered by nanotechnology, neuroscience, AI, and ...