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| Consider the possibility of engineering materials that autonomously adapt their shape and physical properties in response to the their surroundings, or computers that instead of operating by switching the flow of electrons, manipulate information through the management of molecular interactions and are in essence an embedded component of a material. Presented is the concept of Integrative Technology as a tool for next century innovation. Integrative Technology is the intersection of the precision assembly of matter, nanotechnology, coupled with the functional building blocks of nature, biotechnology, and fused by the network flow of spatiotemporal information, informatics. The power of Integrative Technology and its utility for innovation is illuminated through an illustrative example: the engineering of nano-sized excitable vesicles with the ability to intrinsically process information. Finally, the potential of using systems engineered and produced from nanoscale components to create complex systems and materials that manifest embedded functional behavior is discussed. |
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Synthetic and Biological Macromolecules for Emerging Nanotechnologies
8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 Westin Boston Waterfront -- Grand Ballroom A, Oral
Division of Polymer Chemistry |