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US 10,308,514 B2Granted
Systems and methods for the manufacture of atomically-precise products
AssigneeCBN Nano Technologies Inc.
InventorsRobert A. Freitas, Ralph C. Merkle
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Abstract
Systems, methods and tools for the synthesis of products via mechanosynthesis, including a set of atomically-precise tips and associated reactions, methods for determining build sequences for workpieces, exemplary build sequences, and methods for creating new reactions, build sequences and tips.
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A system for atomically precise manufacturing comprising:
- a scanning probe apparatus;
- a specification defining an atomically-precise workpiece;
- a build sequence containing an ordered sequence of mechanosynthetic reactions for building the defined atomically-precise workpiece using said scanning probe apparatus;
- and
- feedstock.
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A system for atomically precise manufacturing comprising:
- a specification defining an atomically-precise workpiece;
- a build sequence for building said defined atomically-precise workpiece;
- feedstock;
- and
- a positioning apparatus for positioning said feedstock with respect to said workpiece to cause atomically-precise reactions.
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A system for atomically precise manufacturing by performing mechanosynthesis reactions, the system comprising:
- at least one tip;
- a positional device for positioning said at least one tip with respect to a workpiece to cause mechanosynthesis reactions;
- feedstock accessible by said tip;
- and
- an environment which is inert relative to said mechanosynthesis reactions and provides a temperature allowing for a desired degree of reliability with respect to said mechanosynthesis reactions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.