Редактирование: Philip Moriarty (раздел)

== Molecular Nanotechnology ==

During the [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6086023528639836493 University of Nottingham Nanoscience Debate], in which proponents of [[Molecular Manufacturing|molecular nanotechnology]] (Mark Sims, Josh Hall et al.) and [[Richard Jones]] debated the future of nanotechnology, including [[Molecular Manufacturing|radical nanotechnology]], Professor Moriarty made the following comment: "To date there has not been a single mechanosynthesis experiment, in that the most basic step in terms of abstracting a hydrogen atom from a diamond surface has not been done. That has to be proved in order to demonstrate the viability of the machine approach. I’ve never been able to square that with the statement that there are no showstoppers—not one experiment has been done, correct?"<ref>''Research on Molecular Mechanosynthesis is Progressing Slowly'', Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, March 28 2011. [http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/research-on-molecular-mechanosynthesis-is-progressing-slowly Available here].</ref>

Instead of discarding the idea, he proposed an experiment and received a 1.5 million pound grant<ref>''Digital Matter?: Towards Mechanised Mechanosynthesis'', [http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/G007837/1 Details].</ref> (2008-2013) to investigate the potential of mechanosynthesis. A 2011 interview<ref>[http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/philip-moriarty-discusses.html Philip Moriarty discusses mechanosynthesis with Sander Olson], NextBigFuture, March 22, 2011.</ref> mentioned a lack of progress in diamond mechanosynthesis, but the work on Silicon surfaces using a recently-delivered qPlus AFM had shown more progress. By 2011 the group was able to mechanically manipulate the bond angle.

As of 2012, a simple implementation of the [[Molecular Manufacturing#Minimal Toolset for Positional Diamond Mechanosynthesis|minimal toolset]] before 2013 seems infeasible.