Henry Jakubowski - Dr J
Chemistry Professor
College St. Benedict/St. John's University
Richard P. Feynman December 29, 1959.
"But I am not afraid to consider the final question as to whether, ultimately---in the great future---we can arrange the atoms the way we want; the very atoms, all the way down! What would happen if we could arrange the atoms one by one the way we want them."
Arranging Atoms
Let Nature Do It: Chemical reactions
Let Nature Do It: Physical reactions - moving molecules across a cell membrane
Let Us Do It:
by human hand - STM |
Some other examples
Nonbiological Examples
Biological Examples
Proteins:
a normal protein: hexokinase
Folding a protein: 30 mer poly-Ala
DNA:
DNA origami
Nature 440, 297-302
(16 March 2006) North America
Cells: Links below from Inner Life of Cell (Harvard)
Nanotechnology
cellular motor | cellular gears - flagella
nanogears
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