thearlin%vdsvax@vdsvax.crd.ge.com (Thearling Kurt H) (10/06/89)
Here's the nanotechnology reference list that I mentioned in an earlier posting. It is somewhat annotated. Since my backgound is in CS, there are little or no papers that get into the nitty-gritty chemistry/biology details. I think that one of the better uses of sci.nanotech would be to consolidate appropriate references so that new (and old) nanotechnology reseach could be identified. Since nobody has gone to the trouble of building a basic naotechnology reference list, I thought I'd start. I encourage others reading this list to add to it and and make any additions available to other readers of sci.nanotech. One of the problems I see in the field of nanotechnology is the lack of organized information distribution. Many people in this field stress the use of knowledge (e.g., the use of hypertext and the like) yet there is very little done in the form of getting availble information out to people. The Foresight Institute should be at the forefront but they are not. They have very few publications and don't even produce a basic reference list for nanotechnology. Very little is said (or produced in the form of proceedings) about nanotechnology meetings/symposia/conferences. I think more needs to be done in this area. But, it would be foolish to put this all at the feet of the people at FI. Sci.nanotech has the potential to be a very valuable resource if more people would post informative articles. kurt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kurt Thearling 1101 W. Springfield Avenue University of Illinois Urbana, Il 61801 Coordinated Science Lab kurt@bach.csg.uiuc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- References for an Introduction to Nanotechnology ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1: Papers by K. Eric Drexler ----------------------------------------------------------------------- C. Peterson and K.E. Drexler "Nanotechnology" Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Jan. 1988, pp. 48-60 E. Drexler "Mightier Machines from Tiny Atoms May Someday Grow" Smithsonian, Nov. 1982, pp. 145-154 * K.E. Drexler "Molecular Engineering: An Approach to the Development of General Capabilities for Molecular Manipulation" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., Vol. 78, No. 9, pp. 5275-5278 * K.E. Drexler "Molecular Engineering: Assemblers and Future Space Hardware" Proc. 33rd Annual Meeting of the AAS, 1986, pp. 1327-1332 * K.E. Drexler "Molecular Machinery and Molecular Electronic Devices" in _Molecular_Electronic_Devices_II_, ed. by. F.L. Carter, Marcel Dekker, New York, pp. 549-571 * K.E. Drexler "Rod Logic and Thermal Noise in the Mechanical Nanocomputer" in _Molecular_Electronic_Devices_ (Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Molecular Electronic Devices), ed. by. F.L. Carter, R.E. Siatkowski, and H. Wohltjen, North Holland, Amsterdam, 1988 * K.E. Drexler "Nanomachinery: Atomically Precise Gears and Bearings" Proceedings of the IEEE Micro Robots and Teleoperators Workshop, Hyannis, Cape Cod, Nov. 1987 [Note: the last four references (the ones with the asterisks) are available from the Foresight Institute for $3.50. Since the proceedings of the AAS meeting and the IEEE teleoperators workshop may be difficult to locate, this may be the easiest way of obtaining these papers] Although, the following reference is about, not by, Eric Drexler, some people might find it interesting: "Interview: Eric Drexler" Omni, Jan. 1989, pp. 67-68,104-108 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 2: Publications of the Foresight Institute ----------------------------------------------------------------------- K.E. Drexler "Studying Nanotechnology" Foresight Institute Briefing #1, 1988 Foresight Update, No. 1, 1987 Lead article is "Japan Moves Toward Nanotechnology" Foresight Update, No. 2, 15 Nov. 1987 Lead article is "Nobel Paths to Nanotechnoloy" Foresight Update, No. 3, 30 Apr. 1988 Lead article is "Nanometer Molecule-Zapping" Foresight Update, No. 4, 15 Oct. 1988 Lead article is "Nanotechnology at Stanford" Foresight Update, No. 5, 1 Mar. 1989 Lead article is "Government Policy Affects Nanotechnology, Hypertext" Foresight Background, No. 0, Rev. 4, 1987 Lead article is "Japan Moves Toward Nanotechnology" Foresight Background, No. 0, Rev. 4, 1987 Lead article is "Will Change be Abrupt?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 3: Nanotechnology Books and Conference Proceedings ----------------------------------------------------------------------- K.E. Drexler _Engines_of_Creation_ Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1986 S.R. Hameroff, _Ultimate_Computing_ Elsevier, 1987 Nanocon Proceedings, Seattle, WA, Feb. 1989, edited by J. Lewis and J.L. Quel, available for $15 from Nanocon, Box 40176, Bellevue, WA 98004 ed. F.L. Carter _Molecular_Electronic_Devices_ Marcel Dekker, 1985 ed. F.L. Carter _Molecular_Electronic_Devices_II_ Marcel Dekker, 1987 ed. F.L. Carter, R.E. Siatkowski, and H. Wohltjen _Molecular_Electronic_Devices_ (Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Molecular Electronic Devices), North Holland, 1988 [Note: Due to the large number of papers included in the three different MED books, the individual papers are not listed in this bibliography.] ed. H.D. Gilbert _Miniaturization_ Reinhold, 1961 [_Miniaturization_ includes the classic paper "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" by Richard Feynman (pp. 282-296)] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 4: Molecular Electonic Devices / Molecular Sized Comptuters ----------------------------------------------------------------------- F.L. Carter "Prospects for Computation at the Molecular Size Level" Proceedings of the Spring COMPCON, 1984, pp. 110-114 F.L. Carter "The Molecular Device Computer: Point of Departure for Large Scale Cellular Automata" Physica 10D, 1984, pp. 175-194 F.L. Carter "Molecular Level Fabrication Techiques and Molecular Electronic Devices" J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 1(4), Oct.-Dec. 1983, pp. 959-968 R.C. Haddon and A.A. Lamola "The Molecular Electronic Device and the Biochip Computer: Present Status" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., April 1985, pp. 1874-1878 B.H. Robinson and N.C. Seeman "The Design of a Biochip: A Self-Assembling Molecular-Scale Memory Device" Protein Engineering, vol. 1, no. 4, 1987, pp. 295-300 J.J. Hopfield, J.N. Onuchic, and D.N. Beratan "A Molecular Shift Register Based on Electron Transfer" Science, 12 August 1988, pp. 817-819 M. Conrad "On Design Principles for a Molecular Computer" Communications of the ACM, May 1985, pp. 464-480 M. Conrad "Molecular Computer Design: A Synthetic Approach to Brain Theory" in _Real_Brains_Artificial_Minds_, ed. by J.L. Casti and A. Karlqvist, North-Holland, 1988 M. Conrad "The Lure of Molecular Computing" IEEE Spectrum, Oct. 1986, pp. 55-60 J.B. Tucker "Biochips: Can Molecules Compute" High Technology, Feb. 1984, pp. 36-47 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 5: Microelectronics ----------------------------------------------------------------------- J.D. Meindl "Ultra-Large Scale Integration" IEEE Transactions on Electon Devices," Nov. 1984, pp. 1555-1561 R.W. Keyes "Miniaturization of Electronics and its Limits" IBM J. Res. Develop. Jan. 1988, pp. pp. 24-28 J.H. Douglas "The Route to 3-D Chips" High Technology, Sept. 1983, pp. 55-59 D.A. Pathenopoulos and P.M. Rentzepis "Three Dimenstional Optical Storage Memory" Science, 25 Aug. 1989, pp. 843-845 A.J. Blodgett, Jr. "Microelectronic Packaging" Scientific American, [Date Unknown], pp. 86-96 W.E. Pence and J.P. Krusius "The Fundamental Limits for Electronic Packaging and Systems" IEEE Transactions on Components, Hybrids, and Manufacturing Technology, June 1987, pp. 176-183 R.F. Pease and O.-K. Kwon "Physical Limits to the Useful Packaging Density of Electronic Systems" IBM J. Res. and Dev., Sept. 1988, pp. 636-644 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 6: Micromachinery ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Pollack "New Generation of Tiny Motors Challenges Science to Find Uses" New York Times, 26 July 1988, p. C1 R. Pool "Microscopic Motor is a First Step" Science, 21 Oct. 1988, pp. 379-380 I. Amato "Small Things Considered" Science News, 1 July 1989, pp. 8-10. T.A. Heppenheimer "Microbots" Discover, Mar. 1989, pp. 78-84 R. Gannon "Micromachine Magic" Popular Science, Mar. 1989, pp. 88-92 J.B. Angel, S.C. Terry, and P.W. Barth "Silicon Micromechanical Devices" Scientific American, [Date Unknown] L-S. Fan, Y-C. Tai, and R.S. Miller "Integrated Movable Micromechanical Structures for Sensor and Actuators" IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, June 1988, pp. 724-730 R. Allan "Sensors in Silicon" High Technology, Sept. 1984, pp. 43-50 H.G. De Young "Biosensors - The Mating of Biology and Electronics" High Technology, Nov. 1983, pp. 41-49 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- End of List -----------------------------------------------------------------------