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Molecular bearings

Molecular manufacturing systems will make extensive use of molecular bearings to enable smooth, low-friction motion of nanomechanical parts.

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Link down  Bearings play a crucial role in many sorts of machinery

Link down  A shaft in a sleeve can form a rotary bearing

Link down  Symmetric molecular bearings can exhibit low energy barriers that are insensitive to details of the potential energy function

Link down  Bearings can be stable despite attractive interactions between their surfaces

Link down  Phonon drag in sleeve bearings can be orders of magnitude smaller than viscous drag in liquids

Link down  Sleeve bearings have been designed and modeled in atomic detail

Link down  PDB files can describe molecular structures in atomic detail

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