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</ul></div></nav></div></header><div class="site-inner"><div class="content-sidebar-wrap"><main class="content" id="genesis-content"><article class="post-5 page type-page status-publish entry" aria-label="IMM Publications"><header class="entry-header"><h1 class="entry-title">IMM Publications</h1> </header><div class="entry-content"><p><a href="/publications/reports/">IMM Reports (#1-56).</a> Topics in Molecular Manufacturing</p> <p>Working Group Proceedings for the International Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="/documents/IMM_Roadmap_molecular_machines.pdf">Molecular Machine Pathways</a><br /> <a href="/documents/IMM_Roadmap_DMS.pdf">Diamondoid Mechanosynthesis</a><br /> <a href="/documents/IMM_Roadmap_Applications.pdf">Near-Term Applications</a></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/publications/sciamdebate2/">Scientific American debate #2.</a> IMM responds to attacks on the feasibility of molecular assemblers.</p> <p>Neil Jacobstein, “<a href="/documents/ForesightGuidelinesV6.pdf">Foresight Guidelines</a>,” April 2006.</p> <p>Neil Jacobstein, Ralph Merkle, and Robert Freitas, “<a href="/documents/NNI_White_paper.pdf">Balancing the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s R&D Portfolio</a>,” 29 May 2002. A Foresight/IMM White Paper submitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.</p> <p>Robert A. Freitas Jr., â€œDiamond Trees (Tropostats): A Molecular Manufacturing Based System for Compositional Atmospheric Homeostasis,â€ IMM Report 43, 10 February 2010; <a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep043.pdf">http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep043.pdf</a></p> <p>Drexler, K. Eric, “<a href="/publications/reports/rep008/">Building Molecular Machine Systems</a>,” <em>Trends in Biotechnology</em>, Jan. 1999.</p> <p>Neil Jacobstein “<a href="/publications/reports/repnj9902/">Molecular Nanotechnology: Security and Environmental Risk Management</a>,” IMM Report NJ9902, February 1999.</p> <p>In 2005 Dr. Forrest prepared a white paper entitled “<a href="/documents/Molecular_nanotech_ATAC_32.pdf">Molecular Manufacturing Will Change Materials Technology</a>” for the Advisory Technical Awareness Council, the technology “look-ahead” arm of <a href="http://www.asminternational.org/">ASM International</a>. The paper assesses the state of the art in progress on molecular manufacturing and provides recommendations to the society.</p> <p>David Forrest, “<a href="/documents/Ecotextile04_forrest_paper2.pdf">Molecular Manufacturing for Clean, Low Cost Textile Production</a>,” in: Proceedings of Ecotextile 04, held in Manchester, UK, 7-8 July 2004, Bolton Institute, Deane Road, UK.</p> <p>David Forrest, “Perspectives on Nano2002: the Sixth International Conference on Nanostructured Materials,” held at the Rosen Center, Orlando, Florida, 16-21 June 2002. <a href="http://www.nanoindustries.com/feature/Nano2002.html">http://www.nanoindustries.com/feature/Nano2002.html</a>.</p> <p>David Forrest, “<a href="/documents/forrest_SAMPE_2000.pdf">Molecular Manufacturing Development and Technology Planning</a>,” published in: Proceedings of the 32nd International SAMPE Technical Conference, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, held 5-9 Nov. 2000, Boston, MA.</p> <p>David Forrest, “<a href="http://davidrforrest.com/documents/IFAI_paper.html">The Future Impact of Molecular Nanotechnology on Textile Technology and on the Textile Industry,</a>” Proceedings of Discover Expo â€™95: Industrial Fabric & Equipment Exposition, held 12 October 1995, Charlotte, North Carolina; pub. Industrial Fabric Association International, 1995.</p> <hr /> <p><strong>In addition, with the author’s permission we have converted the original article on molecular nanotechnology into hypertext format and made it available here: </strong>Drexler, K. Eric, “<a href="/publications/pnas/">Molecular engineering: An approach to the development of general capabilities for molecular manipulation</a>,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 1, 1981, vol. 78, no. 9, p. 5275-5278.</p> <p>IMM promotes the advancement of molecular manufacturing by funding direct research, and by presenting at meetings, seminars, and conferences.</p> <h2>2025</h2> <p><strong>Ralph C. Merkle, Robert A. Freitas Jr. and Damian G. Allis, </strong>“Design of a molecular Field Effect Transistor (mFET)” <em>IMM Report No. 56, 13 Mar 2025</em>;<em><a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep056.pdf"> http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep056.pdf</a></em></p> <h2>2024</h2> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, “Comprehensive Nanorobotic Cure for Male Erectile Dysfunction,” <em>IMM Report 55</em>, November 2024; <a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep055.pdf"><em>http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep055.pdf</em></a></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, “How Much Nanomachinery Can We Have on Earth?,” <em>IMM Report 54</em>, July 2024; <a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep054.pdf"><em>http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep054.pdf</em></a></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, “Cell Mills:Â Nanofactory Manufacture of Biological Components,” <em>IMM Report 53</em>, June 2024; <a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep053.pdf"><em>http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep053.pdf</em></a></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, “Hairbots:Â The Future of Nanorobotic Coiffure,” <em>IMM Report 52</em>, April 2024; <a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep052.pdf"><em>http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep052.pdf</em></a></p> <h2>2023</h2> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, “Nanofactory-Based Environmental Remediation: Cleanup of Polluted Oil Sands Tailings Pond Water in Alberta, Canada,” <em>IMM Report 51</em>, April 2023; <a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep051.pdf"><em>http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep051.pdf</em></a></p> <h2>2022</h2> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, “Cryostasis Revival Book,” 3 Jun 2022.Â <em><a href="https://www.alcor.org/cryostasis-revival/">Cryostasis Revival Book</a></em></p> <h2>2020</h2> <p><strong>Ted Kaehler</strong>, “A Three-Axis Jig for Assembling Molecular Blocks,” 20 October 2020.Â Â <em><a href="http://www.imm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Kaehler-A-Jig-for-Molecular-Assembly.pdf">A Jig for Molecular Assembly</a></em></p> <h2>2019</h2> <p>Nuno R. B. Martins, Amara Angelica, Krishnan Chakravarthy, Yuriy Svidinenko, Frank J. Boehm, Ioan Opris, Mikhail A. Lebedev, Melanie Swan, Steven A. Garan, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, <strong>Tad Hogg, Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œHuman Brain/Cloud Interface,â€ <strong><em>Front. Neurosci.</em></strong>, 29 March 2019.Â <em><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2019.00112/full">https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2019.00112/full</a>.</em></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, “Energy Density,” <em>IMM Report 50</em>, June 2019;Â <em><a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep050.pdf">http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep050.pdf</a></em></p> <h2>2018</h2> <p>Guang-Zhong Yang, James Bellingham, Pierre Dupont, Paolo Dario, Peer Fischer, Lucianno Floridi, Robert Full, Neil Jacobstein, Vijay Kumar, Marcia McNutt, Robert Merrifield, Bradley Nelson, Brian Scassellati, Mariarosaria Taddeo, Russell Taylor, Manuela Veloso, ZhongÂ Lin Wang, Robert Wood. â€œThe Grand Challenges of Science Robotics.â€ Science Robotics.Â 31 Jan 2018: Vol. 3, Issue 14, aar7650.â€</p> <p>Tad Hogg, Stress-Based Navigation for Microscopic Robots in Viscous Fluids, J. of Micro-Bio Robots 14:59-67 (2018).Â <em> <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.00762">https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.00762</a></em></p> <p>Ralph C. Merkle, Robert A. Freitas Jr., Tad Hogg, Thomas E. Moore, Matthew S. Moses, James Ryley, â€œMechanical Computing Systems Using Only Links and Rotary Joints,â€ <strong><em>Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics</em></strong>, 2018;10(6):061006.Â <em><a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.03534">https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.03534</a></em></p> <p>J. Storrs Hall, Where is My Flying Car?</p> <p>Kindle books 2018</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F6SD34R">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F6SD34R</a></em><br /> <em><a href="http://wimflyc.blogspot.com/p/where-is-my-fly8ing.html">http://wimflyc.blogspot.com/p/where-is-my-fly8ing.html</a></em></p> <p>This is a fairly major work of technological history and futurism, covering private aviation, nanotechnology, fusion and other energy sources, regulation, innovation, and technological backlash, and related subjects.</p> <p>Rob Freitas described it as “awesome.”</p> <h2>2017</h2> <p><strong>Ralph C. Merkle</strong>, “New Technologies and Climate Change,”Â <em>IMM Report 49, June 2017; Â <a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep049.pdf">http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep049.pdf</a></em></p> <p><strong>Tad Hogg, Matthew S. Moses and Damian G. Allis,</strong>Â “Evaluating the Friction of Rotary Joints in Molecular Machines,” <em>Molecular Systems Design & Engineering,</em> 2:235-252 (2017), DOI: 10.1039/C7ME00021A</p> <h2>2016</h2> <p><strong>Nuno R. B. Martins, Wolfram Erlhagen, Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œHuman Connectome Mapping and Monitoring Using Neuronanorobots,â€ <em>J. Evol. Technol.</em> 26(January 2016):1-25. <em><a href="http://jetpress.org/v26.1/martins.htm">http://jetpress.org/v26.1/martins.htm</a></em></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, “The Alzheimer Protocols: A Nanorobotic Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Conditions,” <em>IMM Report 48</em>, June 2016;Â <em>http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep048.pdf</em></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, “The Whiskey Machine: Nanofactory-Based Replication of Fine Spirits and Other Alcohol-Based Beverages,” <em>IMM Report 47</em>, May 2016;Â <em><a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep047.pdf">http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep047.pdf</a></em></p> <p><strong>Ralph C. Merkle, Robert A. Freitas Jr., Tad Hogg, Thomas E. Moore, Matthew S. Moses, James Ryley</strong>, “Molecular Mechanical Computing Systems,” <em>IMM Report 46</em>, March 2016;Â <em><a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep046.pdf">http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep046.pdf</a></em></p> <h2>2015</h2> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œThe Nanofactory Solution to Global Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Capture,â€ <em>IMM Report 45</em>, December 2015; <em><a href="http://www.imm.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/rep045.pdf">http://www.imm.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/rep045.pdf</a></em></p> <p><strong>Nuno R.B. Martins, Wolfram Erlhagen, Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, “Action Potential Monitoring Using Neuronanorobots: Neuroelectric Nanosensors,â€ <em>Intl. J. Nanomaterials and Nanostructures</em> 1(June 2015):20-41; <em><a href="http://materials.journalspub.info/index.php/IJNN/article/view/107">http://materials.journalspub.info/index.php/IJNN/article/view/107</a></em></p> <h2>2014</h2> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œChapter 3. Temperature Effects On Medical Nanorobots,â€ in Charles Tandy, ed., <em>The Prospect of Immortality â€” Fifty Years Later</em>, RIA University Press, Ann Arbor MI, 2014; <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Prospect-Immortality-Fifty-Years/dp/1934297224">http://www.amazon.com/The-Prospect-Immortality-Fifty-Years/dp/1934297224</a></em></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œThe life-saving future of medicine,â€ <em>The Guardian</em> (U.K.), 29 March 2014 Supplement, back page; <em><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/what-is-nano/nano-and-the-life-saving-future-of-medicine">http://www.theguardian.com/what-is-nano/nano-and-the-life-saving-future-of-medicine</a></em></p> <p><strong>Tad Hogg,</strong> “Using Surface-Motions for Locomotion of Microscopic Robots in Viscous Fluids”, <em>J. of Micro-Bio Robotics</em> 9(3) 61-77 (2014),Â DOI: 10.1007/s12213-014-0074-z</p> <h2>2013</h2> <p><strong>Tad Hogg</strong>, “Distributed Control of Microscopic Robots in Biomedical Applications” in 2nd edition of Advances in Applied Self-Organizing Systems, chapter 8, Mikhail Prokopenko editor, pages 179-208, Springer, 2013.</p> <p><strong>Denis Tarasov, Ekaterina Izotova, Diana Alisheva, Natalia Akberova, Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œOptimal Approach Trajectories for a Hydrogen Donation Tool in Positionally Controlled Diamond Mechanosynthesis,â€ <em>J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci.</em> 10(September 2013):1899-1907. <em><a href="http://www.molecularassembler.com/Papers/TarasovSep2013.pdf">http://www.molecularassembler.com/Papers/TarasovSep2013.pdf</a></em></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œChapter 6. Diamondoid Nanorobotics,â€ in Constantinos Mavroidis, Antoine Ferreira, eds., <em>NanoRobotics: Current Approaches and Techniques</em>, Springer, New York, 2013. <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nanorobotics-Approaches-Techniques-Constantinos-Mavroidis/dp/1461421187">http://www.amazon.com/Nanorobotics-Approaches-Techniques-Constantinos-Mavroidis/dp/1461421187</a></em></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œChapter 6. Welcome to the Future of Medicine,â€ in Max More, Natasha Vita-More, eds., <em>The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future</em>, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, pp. 67-72. <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology/dp/1118334299">http://www.amazon.com/The-Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology/dp/1118334299</a></em></p> <h2>2012</h2> <p><strong>Nuno R.B. Martins, Wolfram Erlhagen, Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œNon-destructive whole-brain monitoring using nanorobots: Neural electrical data rate requirements,â€ <em>Intl. J. Machine Consciousness</em> 4(June 2012):109-140. <em><a href="http://www.nanomedicine.com/Papers/NanoroboticBrainMonitoring2012.pdf">http://www.nanomedicine.com/Papers/NanoroboticBrainMonitoring2012.pdf</a></em></p> <p><strong>Tad Hogg, Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œAcoustic Communication for Medical Nanorobots,â€ <em>Nano Communication Networks</em> 3(June 2012):83-102. <em><a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.0568">http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.0568</a></em></p> <p><strong>Denis Tarasov, Ekaterina Izotova, Diana Alisheva, Natalia Akberova, Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œStructural Stability of Clean and Passivated Nanodiamonds having Ledge, Step, or Corner Features,â€ <strong><em>J</em></strong><em>. Comput. Theor. Nanosci.</em> 9(January 2012):144-158. <em><a href="http://www.molecularassembler.com/Papers/TarasovFeb2012.pdf">http://www.molecularassembler.com/Papers/TarasovFeb2012.pdf</a></em></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œForeword,â€ in: Wim Helwegen, Luca Escoffier, eds., <em>Nanotechnology Commercialization for Managers and Scientists</em>, Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., Singapore, 2012, pp. xxv-xxvi. <a href="http://www.panstanford.com/pdf/9789814364386fm.pdf">http://www.panstanford.com/pdf/9789814364386fm.pdf</a></p> <p><strong>Josh Schonwald</strong>, â€œChapter 19. The Nano Panacea,â€ in Josh Schonwald, <em>The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food</em>, HarperCollins Publishers, 2012, pp. 262-274. <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Taste-Tomorrow-Dispatches-Future/dp/0061804215/">http://www.amazon.com/The-Taste-Tomorrow-Dispatches-Future/dp/0061804215/</a></em></p> <p><strong>Ralph Merkle</strong>, â€œState of Molecular Technology.â€ Atlantic Councilâ€™s Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI); Stanford Universityâ€™s Technology Futures and Global Trends. February 27, 2012.</p> <h2>2011</h2> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œChapter 11. Diamondoid Mechanosynthesis for Tip-Based Nanofabrication,â€ in Ampere Tseng, ed., <em>Tip-Based Nanofabrication: Fundamentals and Applications</em>, Springer, New York, 2011, pp. 387-400.</p> <p><strong>Damian G. Allis, Brian Helfrich, Robert A. Freitas Jr., Ralph C. Merkle</strong>, â€œAnalysis of Diamondoid Mechanosynthesis Tooltip Pathologies Generated via a Distributed Computing Approach,â€ <em>J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci.</em> 8(July 2011):1139-1161.</p> <p><strong>Denis Tarasov, Ekaterina Izotova, Diana Alisheva, Natalia Akberova, Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œStructural Stability of Clean, Passivated, and Partially Dehydrogenated Cuboid and Octahedral Nanodiamonds up to 2 Nanometers in Size,â€ <em>J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci.</em> 8(February 2011):147-167.</p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, â€œNanorobots in Your Future,â€ <em>What’s Happening Magazine</em>, 15 April 2011.</p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Penny Sarchet, â€œNanofactories — a future vision,â€ <em>The Guardian (U.K.)</em>, 25 November 2011.</p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr., Stephen Laifer</strong>, â€œBook Review: The Future of Aging,â€ <em>Life Extension Magazine</em>, September 2011, pp. 81-84.</p> <p><strong>Tad Hogg,</strong> “Robust Self-Assembly Using Highly Designable Structures” at the Black Forest Focus on Soft Matter, Saig, Germany, 25-27 May 2011</p> <p><strong>Josh Hall,</strong>Â â€œFurther Reflections on the Timescale of AIâ€, Solomonoff 85th Memorial Conference, Monash Univ, Melbourne, Australia, 30 Nov–2 Dec 2011</p> <p><strong>Josh Hall,</strong>Â â€œEthics for Machinesâ€ in <em>Machine Ethics</em>, Michael Anderson & Susan Leigh Anderson (Eds), Cambridge University Press (May 9, 2011) ISBN 0521112354, pp28-46</p> <p><strong>Josh Hall,Â </strong>(2011) â€œEthics for Self-Improving Machinesâ€ in <em>Machine Ethics</em>, Michael Anderson & Susan Leigh Anderson (Eds), Cambridge University Press (May 9, 2011) ISBN 0521112354, pp512-523</p> <h2>2010</h2> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Chapter 23. Comprehensive Nanorobotic Control of Human Morbidity and Aging, in Gregory M. Fahy, Michael D. West, L. Stephen Coles, and Steven B. Harris, eds, <em>The Future of Aging: Pathways to Human Life Extension</em>, Springer, New York, 2010, pp. 685-805. <em><a href="http://www.nanomedicine.com/Papers/Aging.pdf">http://www.nanomedicine.com/Papers/Aging.pdf</a></em></p> <p><strong>Tad Hogg, Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Chemical Power for Microscopic Robots in Capillaries, <em>Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine</em> 6:298-317 (2010). <em><a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.5022">Full text at arxiv.org</a></em></p> <p><strong>Denis Tarasov,</strong> <strong>Natalia Akberova, Ekaterina Izotova, Diana Alisheva, Maksim Astafiev, Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Optimal Tooltip Trajectories in a Hydrogen Abstraction Tool Recharge Reaction Sequence for Positionally Controlled Diamond Mechanosynthesis, <em>J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci.</em> 7(February 2010):325-353.</p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Diamond Trees (Tropostats): A Molecular Manufacturing Based System for Compositional Atmospheric Homeostasis, <a href="http://www.imm.org/Reports/rep043.pdf"><em>IMM Report 43</em></a>, 10 February 2010.</p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Long-Term Financial Stability in Cryonics, <em>Cryonics</em> 31(Third Quarter, 2010):4. <em><a href="http://www.alcor.org/cryonics/Cryonics2010-3.pdf">http://www.alcor.org/cryonics/Cryonics2010-3.pdf</a></em></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong> The Future of Nanomedicine, <em>The Futurist</em> (January-February 2010):21-22</p> <p><strong>Tad Hogg</strong> and <strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Chemical Power for Microscopic Robots in Capillaries. The work was mostly done during 2009, with minor improvements in early 2010 and the published article appeared in 2010, in the journal <em>Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine</em> 6:298-317 (2010)</p> <h2>2009</h2> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Meeting the Challenge of Building Diamondoid Medical Nanorobots, <em>Intl. J. Robotics Res</em>. 28(April 2009):548-557. (DOI: 10.1177/0278364908100501) <em><a href="http://www.nanomedicine.com/Papers/MeetChallengeIJRR2009.doc">http://www.nanomedicine.com/Papers/MeetChallengeIJRR2009.doc</a></em></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Chapter 15. Computational Tasks in Medical Nanorobotics, in M.M. Eshaghian-Wilner, ed., <em>Bio-inspired and Nano-scale Integrated Computing</em>, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2009, pp. 391-428.<em> <a href="http://www.nanomedicine.com/Papers/NanorobotControl2009.pdf">http://www.nanomedicine.com/Papers/NanorobotControl2009.pdf</a></em></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Medical Nanorobotics: The Long-Term Goal for Nanomedicine, in Mark J. Schulz, Vesselin N. Shanov, eds., <em>Nanomedicine Design of Particles, Sensors, Motors, Implants, Robots, and Devices</em>, Artech House, Norwood MA, 2009, Chapter 14, pp. 367-392.</p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Welcome to the Future of Medicine, <em>Studies in Health Technol. Inform.</em> 149(2009):251-256.</p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Nanotechnology and Radically Extended Life Span, <em>Life Extension Magazine</em> 15(January 2009):80-85. <a href="http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2009/jan2009_Nanotechnology-Radically-Extended-Life-Span_01.htm">http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2009/jan2009_Nanotechnology-Radically-Extended-Life-Span_01.htm</a></p> <p><strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Nanomedicine, in Stephen Valentine, <em>Timeship</em>, Images Publications, Mulgrave, VIC, Australia, 2009, pp. 10-11.</p> <p><strong>Ralph C. Merkle</strong>, <strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, The Importance of MNT to the Cryonics Community, <em>Cryonics</em> 29(Fourth Quarter, 2008):4-5. (published August 2009) <a href="http://www.alcor.org/cryonics/cryonics0804.pdf">http://www.alcor.org/cryonics/cryonics0804.pdf</a><br /> http://www.alcor.org/cryonics/cryonics0804.pdf</p> <p><strong>Ralph C. Merkle</strong>, <strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, A Cryopreservation Revival Scenario using MNT, <em>Cryonics</em> 29(Fourth Quarter, 2008):6-8. (published August 2009) <a href="http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/MNTscenario.html">http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/MNTscenario.html</a></p> <p>Interview with <strong>Robert Freitas</strong> and <strong>Ralph Merkle</strong>, <em>Cryonics</em> 29(Fourth Quarter, 2008):9-11. (published August 2009) <a href="http://www.alcor.org/cryonics/cryonics0804.pdf">http://www.alcor.org/cryonics/cryonics0804.pdf</a></p> <p><strong>Tad Hogg</strong> and <strong>Robert A. Freitas Jr.</strong>, Chemical Power for Microscopic Robots in Capillaries. The work was mostly done during 2009, with minor improvements in early 2010 and the published article appeared in 2010, in the journal Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 6:298-317 (2010). <em><a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.5022">Full text at arxiv.org</a></em></p> <h2>2008</h2> <p><strong>David Forrest</strong>, “<a href="http://www.imm.org/documents/2008-04-23_SME_Roadmap.pdf">Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems</a>,” <a href="http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/get-event.pl?--001750-000007-020820--SME-&id=BANNERAD"> Nanomanufacturing Conference and Exhibits</a>, Society for Manufacturing Engineers, Framingham, MA, 22-23 April 2008.</p> <h2>2007</h2> <p><strong>David Forrest, Robert Freitas,</strong> and <strong>Neil Jacobstein</strong> provided substantial contributions to the <a href="http://www.foresight.org/roadmaps/">International Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems</a> with three Working Group Proceedings: <a href="/documents/IMM_Roadmap_molecular_machines.pdf">Molecular Machine Pathways</a>, <a href="/documents/IMM_Roadmap_DMS.pdf">Diamondoid Mechanosynthesis</a>, and <a href="/documents/IMM_Roadmap_Applications.pdf">Near-Term Applications</a>. In addition, they provided editing assistance on the Fabrication section.</p> <h2><a title="2004" name="2004"></a>2004</h2> <p><strong>Robert Freitas</strong> and <strong>Ralph Merkle</strong> co-authored the technical book <em><a href="http://www.MolecularAssembler.com/KSRM.htm">Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines</a></em> (Landes<br /> Bioscience, 2004), a landmark survey of the theoretical and experimental literature pertaining to physical self-replicating systems and self-replication.</p> <h2>2002</h2> <p>A <a href="/documents/NNI_White_paper.pdf">white paper</a>, “Balancing the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s R&D Portfolio,” was presented to the Office of Science and Technology Policy.</p> </div></article></main><aside class="sidebar sidebar-primary widget-area" role="complementary" aria-label="Primary Sidebar" id="genesis-sidebar-primary"><h2 class="genesis-sidebar-title screen-reader-text">Primary Sidebar</h2><section id="custom_html-3" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><div style="background-color:#efefef; 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