The Attempt to Build a Nanobot

By Ajay Patel(Uh-jay)

Cluster 2: Nanotechnology and Robotics

Fabrication of Nano-bot

• Top to bottom:

-Takes bulk material and cuts it down to the nanometer scale, and then synthesizes

• Bottom to top:

-Takes atoms singularly and composes the nano-bot, but OPPOSITE OF LEGOS

TOP to BOTTOM Synthesis

Vienna Institute of Tech – Focused Ion Beam System

Mechanical alloying process; Robert Kelsall

BOTTOM to TOP Synthesis

• Encompasses chemical synthesis and HIGHLY controlled deposition and growth of materials

• Synthesis occurs in solid, liquid, or gas state

Solid State Synthesis

Solid State Synthesis

web.chem.ucla.edu/ ~kaner/research.html

Liquid/Gas Synthesis

Inert Gas Condensation apparatus, part of Vapor phase deposition;

www.nssp.uni-saarland.de/.../ nano/igcdeutsch.htm

Plasma Assisted Deposition Process

Magnetron; www.dextermag.com/ Page43.aspx

Ion beam source (ion beam used in DC Glow Discharge); www.pelletron.com/ source.htm

WHAT SHOULD YOU HAVE

LEARNED FROM THIS

PRESENTATION??

Museum Exhibit Layout

• Computer Simulations that are VERY easy to work with

• Simple explanations that are broad

• Link this layout with other aspects of the creation of a nano-bot

Work Cited

Rik M. Brydson, Chris Hammond. Nanoscale: Science and Technology. Copyright 2005