X-Message-Number: 551 From: Ralph Merkle <> Subject: Nanotechnology Talk Jan. 16 at PARC Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1991 16:18:25 PST Date: Thursday, January 16, 1992 Time: 4:00 p.m. (Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.) Place: Main Auditorium, Xerox PARC Molecular Nanotechnology Ralph C. Merkle Manufactured products are made from atoms. The properties of those products depend on the arrangement of those atoms. Today's manufacturing methods arrange atoms statistically, without control over the placement of individual atoms. Casting, milling, lithography, and other traditional "bulk" manufacturing technologies provide only approximate control over the molecular structure of the material being manufactured. In the future, we will be able to manufacture structures in which each individual atom is in its proper place. This will be essential for the manufacture of molecular logic elements, and will also permit us to synthesize a wide range of metastable materials with remarkable properties (e.g., diamond-like structures with great strength and stiffness). Eventually, we will be able to arrange atoms in almost any pattern consistent with the laws of chemistry and physics, and we will be able to do so at low cost. This Forum is OPEN to the public. All are invited. Refreshments will be served at 3:45 pm. The PARC Auditorum is located at 3333 Coyote Hill Rd. in Palo Alto. We are between Page Mill Road (west of Foothill Expressway) and Hillview Avenue, in the Stanford Research Park. The easiest way here is to get onto Page Mill Road, and turn onto Coyote Hill Road. As you drive up Coyote Hill past the horse pastures, PARC is the only building on the left after you crest the hill. Park in the large parking lot, and enter the auditorium at the upper level of the building. (The auditorum entrance is located down the stairs and to the left of the main doors.) Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=551