Comments on: A High-Performance Polymer for Nanosytems Engineering

By: An advance in atomically precise building-block assembly

An advance in atomically precise building-block assembly — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:42:18 +0000

[...] * In other words, peptide foldamers (commonly called “proteins”) which include a range of high-performance engineering polymers. [...]

By: Ribo-Q1: Genetic manufacturing expanded

Ribo-Q1: Genetic manufacturing expanded — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:18:07 +0000

[...] now opening to molecular engineers. Polypeptides (of the sort usually called “proteins”) are already a family of versatile, high-performance engineering polymers, and an expanded set of building blocks can be exploited to increase thermodynamic stability, extend [...]

By: Molecular Manufacturing: The NRC study and its recommendations

Molecular Manufacturing: The NRC study and its recommendations — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:50:45 +0000

[...] progress in design methodologies for complex, atomically precise nanoscale structures made from polypeptide foldamers (aka proteins). In recent years, protein engineering has achieved a functional milestone: [...]

By: The Molecular Machine Path to Molecular Manufacturing: (2) Exploiting Better Methods and Building Blocks

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:16:07 +0000

[...] Some current components (polypeptide foldamers) have mechanical and functional properties that compare favorably with high-performance engineering polymers, and these components are compatible with others [...]

By: The Molecular Machine Path to Molecular Manufacturing (1)

The Molecular Machine Path to Molecular Manufacturing (1) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:07:44 +0000

[...] nanometer-scale structures; these consist of peptide foldamers with properties that extend into the range of high-performance engineering polymers. Paths forward from this technology base could enable an attractive scenario, from an industrial [...]

By: Molecular Manufacturing: Where’s the progress?

Molecular Manufacturing: Where’s the progress? — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:58:52 +0000

[...] the design and fabrication of intricate, atomically precise nanometer-scale objects made from a versatile engineering polymer, together with intricate, atomically precise, 100-nanometer scale frameworks that can be used to [...]

By: Konstrukshon Weblog » Architectural Technologist - Nanotechnology

Konstrukshon Weblog » Architectural Technologist - Nanotechnology — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:14:17 +0000

[...] A High-Performance Polymer for Nanosytems Engineering (metamodern.com) [...]

By: Eric Drexler

Eric Drexler — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:01:10 +0000

Scott, I can only suggest that people who write and speak about topics in this area take care to understand the facts and the need to communicate them. Surprising facts can be good to include in many contexts, and all the more so when they’re important.