Table of Contents
Part I. Physical Principles
- Classical Magnitudes and Scaling Laws
- Potential Energy Surfaces
- Molecular Dynamics
- Positional Uncertainty
- Transitions, Errors, and Damage
- Energy Dissipation
- Mechanosynthesis
Part II. Components and Systems
- Nanoscale Structural Components
- Mobile Interfaces and Moving Parts
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10.4. Symmetrical sleeve bearings
Models of symmetrical sleeve bearings · Spatial frequencies and symmetry operations · Properties of unloaded bearings · Properties of loaded bearings · Bearing stiffness in the transverse-continuum approximation · Mechanisms of energy dissipation · Sleeve bearings in molecular detail · Less symmetrical sleeve bearings
- Intermediate Subsystems
- Nanomechanical Computational Systems
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Electronic analogies · Components and general kinematics · A bounded continuum model · Dynamics and energy dissipation in mobile rods · Dynamics and energy dissipation in blocked rods · Fluctuations in stored energy · Thermal excitation and error rates · Summary observations based on the exemplar calculations
- Molecular Sorting, Processing, and Assembly
- Molecular Manufacturing Systems