FAQ

First, a simple question with no simple answer:

  What is ‘nanotechnology’?

What is molecular manufacturing?

  Molecular manufacturing will use nanomachines to build large products with atomic precision

What products will molecular manufacturing make possible?

  Molecular manufacturing will be able to make a wide range of superior products, many with unprecedented abilities

Is there any need for tiny self-replicating machines?

  Molecular manufacturing is based on factories, not tiny self-replicating machines

How can we understand a technology that doesn’t exist yet?

  Physics-based modeling and engineering analysis provide a basis for understanding a limited but powerful range of advanced nanotechnologies

How will molecular manufacturing be developed?

  Research worldwide is advancing along multiple paths toward molecular manufacturing

  Molecular machine systems are a strategic objective in developing advanced molecular nanosystems