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From: szabo@netcom.com (Nick Szabo)
Subject: Submicron machining & assembly mailing list
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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 01:33:09 GMT
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Announcing the nanomech-l mailing list
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nanomech-l: A new list for discussing the extension of 
micromechanical technology to nanometer precision 
(0.1 microns and below), and techniques for the assembly
of micro- and nanomechanical devices.  Possible topics include:

* nanometer precision lithographic techniques (SAMS, high proximity
  e-beam, tip arrays, etc.)
* materials for nanolithography (silicon, diamond, monodisperse 
  nanophase, Langmuir-Blodgett films, self-assembling molecular 
  structures, etc.)
* nanometer precision machining and finishing techniques (e-beam,
	AFM, "sanding", etc.)
* actuation & control mechanisms (piezo, acoustic, etc.)
* parts and subsystems (electrostatic bearings, springs, ratchets, etc.)
* nanometer precision parts testing, sorting, and
	selection systems
* nanometer precision assembly operations & mechanical
	designs for assembly machines
* high-precision registration (peg & hole, STM & atomic ruler, etc.) 

Reference system: To guide our efforts, our reference project
is to design a Stewart platform, a relatively simple machine 
controlled by acoustic or piezoelectric signals that operates with 
6 degrees of freedom.  This design should be manufacturable 
in small quantities using high-precision lithographic 
techniques used today in research, maskmaking, etc.,
and a minimal number of low degree-of-freedom assembly steps.
Along with this platform, our goal is to design a small
atomically-precise measurement and registration system to allow 
one or more of these platforms to perform assembly operations of 
much higher precision than those used to assemble the platform.  
Our vision is a combined lithographic and assembly system that
can manufacture more sophisticated mechanical systems than those 
currently etched in-place by microlithography.  (Suggestions
for a wide variety of designs besides Stewart platforms are 
quite welcome, of course).

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Nick Szabo				szabo@netcom.com
