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Technology has been moving toward greater control of the structure of matter for millennia. Progress in science and technology over the past decades suggest the feasibility of achieving thorough control of the molecular structure of matter.
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Fukuda, T., Arai, F., Nakajima, M. (2013). Introduction of Micro-Nanorobotic Manipulation Systems. In: Micro-Nanorobotic Manipulation Systems and Their Applications. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36391-7_1
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