Vol. 6 pp. 586-601

V.P. Ivannikov, A.V. Kabakova

 

THE KEY ROLE OF "MECHANOSYNTHESIS" AND THE PROBLEMS OF PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTATION IN "MOLECULAR NANOTECHNOLOGY"

 

Annotation. In the previous article it was shown that the conclusion of Drexler and his followers "about the principal possibility of creating "molecular assemblers"" by means of "molecular nanotechnology", which are "molecular machines" capable of "robotically assembling molecular materials and devices by manipulating individual atoms or molecules", is, to put it mildly, insufficiently substantiated, despite the fact that these ideas are presented in the context of ideas that supposedly coincide with statements on the subject by great physicists from Newton to Feynman, who envisioned the natural possibilities of creating "eutactic nanosystems" (from the Greek eu taktikos - "orderly, properly put together"). According to Drexler, it is "mechanosynthesis" in "molecular nanotechnology" that plays a key role as a tool to compete with natural technologies of forming materials and chemical compounds by their "mechanical assembly from individual atoms". In this paper, we will show that the results of fundamental research of deep scientific content in the field of "mechanosynthesis" do not exist. The absence of such works indicates the unreasonableness and unprovenness of the above ideas of Drexler. In our opinion, the possibility of "mechanosynthesis" in "molecular nanotechnology" can be considered proven only when the first real "nanodevices" obtained by the method of "molecular assembly", rather than computer synthesized "pictures", will be demonstrated.

Keywords: molecular nanotechnology, mechanosynthesis, nanorobot; "molecular rotors.

For citation: Ivannikov V.P., Kabakova A.V. [The key role of "mechanosynthesis" and the problems of physical experimentation in "molecular nanotechnology"] // Upravlenie tekhnosferoi, 2023, vol. 6, issue 4. (In Russ.) Available at: https://technosphere-ing.ru/ рр.586–601. DOI: 10.34828/UdSU.2023.85.48.009.

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About the Authors

Ivannikov Valery Pavlovich

Doctor of Science, Professor departament «Heat power engineering» IOaG  Federal state budget higher professional educational institution «Udmurt State University». Universitetskaya str., 1/1. Izhevsk, Republic of Udmurtia, 426034.

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Kabakova Anna Valerievna

Ph.D., Associate Professor of the department of «Designing and Technological Preparation of Machine-Building Production» of the Institute of Modern Technologies in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering and Metallurgy, Kalashnikov State Technical University. 7 Studencheskaya str., Izhevsk, Republic of Udmurtia, 426054.

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