Oak Ridge lab uses AI to automatically build artificial lattices with designer electronic states
chrisgrayson · x · 2026-09-05
The poster argues nanotechnology—atom-by-atom manufacturing—is finally arriving 40 years after Drexler's Engines of Creation. They cite research from Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences published in ACS Nano: automated construction of artificial lattice structures with designer electronic states, showing atomically precise manufacturing moving from vision to reality.
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