Nanotechnology Papers

and sci.nanotech archives

sci.nanotech Administrivia

• Introduction to Nanotechnology

  Nanotechnology is a (projected) technology of design and fabrication of mechanisms at the molecular level. How will it work, how soon is it coming, what difference will it make?

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  About the sci.nanotech list and other activities.

• The Foresight Institute

  The Foresight Institute and the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing are the leading organizations in the field of nanotechnology.

• Issues of Foresight Update

  Official news and publications.

• Other nanotech-related pages

  • Ralph Merkle's nanotech page

    contains extensive technical information and other pointers.

  • The MMSG home page -- the Molecular Manufacturing Shortcut Group, a chapter of the National Space Society.

• On-Line papers

  Papers from Foresight and contributed by sci.nanotech readers.

• sci.nanotech archives

  (will wait till our server can handle searches)

• Reversible Computing

  Reversible logic techniques will be necessary to build workable nanocomputers. Here's why.

• Utility Fog

  Nanotechnology will make possible some remarkable advances in construction. We've worked out plans for a programmable material that can form itself into almost anything in real time under program control.

• Bibliography

  The major works in the field are by Drexler; these are supplemented by other books, conference proceedings, and a list of article references showing progress over the last decade.

• Macintosh Applications and Hypercard Stacks

• Other (non-nano) stuff on Planchet

• Acknowledgements

The Foresight Institute

The Foresight Institute publishes on both technical and nontechnical issues in nanotechnology. For example, students may write for their free Briefing #1, "Studying Nanotechnology". The Foresight Institute's main publications are the Update newsletter and Background essay series. Their Foresight Update newsletter includes both policy discussions and a technical column enabling readers to find material of interest in the recent scientific literature. These publications appear on sci.nanotech on a delayed basis, and an archive of them appears here. To receive them in timely fashion and in paper form, become a member by sending a donation of twenty-five dollars or more to:

    Foresight Institute
    PO Box 61058
    Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA
      tel 415-917-1122
      fax 415-917-1123

The Institute for Molecular Manufacturing is more directly involved in advancing the techniques of nanotechnology. Its address is:

    Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
    123 Fremont Ave
    Los Altos, CA 94022 USA
      tel 415-917-1120
      fax 415-917-1123