All the products around us are made of Atoms. The properties of these products depend upon how their atoms are arranged. By rearranging atoms in coal, we can make diamond & by rearraning in sand & adding a few other trace elements we can make computer chips. Todays manufactureing methods are crude at the molecular level. Coating, grinding has led to the tools capable of manipulating individual atoms. Nano technology the shortgun marriage of chemistry & engineering is in the era of
1) Self replicating machinary
2) Self assembling consumer goods
Made from cheap raw atoms by using the well understood chemical properties of atoms & molecules. It proposes the construction of nove molecular devices with extraordinary properties. The trick is to manipulate atoms individually & place them exactly to pro1!duce desired structure.
1) Computers billions of times faster
2) safe space travel
3) No more pollution & automatic cleaning of existing pollution
4) Molecular food synthesis to end famine
5) Re introduction of extinct plants & animals
