MILITARY USES OF NANOTECHNOLOGY:
THE FUTURE OF WAR
An all-out war between two powers possessing molecular nanotechnology would be disastrous to human life and natural resources. Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) type principles may prevent many potential wars, since anything of value being fought over would most likely be destroyed in the process.
Security (or defense) of its citizens is the first duty of any government. National defense entails the protection and safety of a nation's secrets and its citizens, and freedom from foreign dictation. Military security implies the capacity of a nation to defend itself, and is defined as, "a condition that results from the establishment and maintenance of protective measures that ensure a state of inviolability from hostile acts or influences."
"Science and technology are advancing to the point that structuring matter at the nanometer scale (1nm = 10-9m) is becoming routine. Nanotechnology (NT) is predicted to produce revolutionary changes, bringing far-reaching consequences in many areas."
Ultimately, "technology will become nanotechnology and disappear from our physical presence." Nanotechnology is the study and manipulation of the new properties that emerge as material dimensions are reduced the limits of the nanoscale. The classical laws of Newtonian physics break down at this ultra-small scale and give way to quantum mechanics, resulting in remarkable differences in material behavior. Scientists and engineers are able to exploit these unusual properties through nanostructured devices. Nano is the direction of future technological progress, and military scientists and engineers have a duty to study these effects and apply what they learn to the protection of their people.
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Review Article
Synthetic micro/nanomotors in drug delivery
Nanoscale, 2014,6, 10486-10494
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR03124E
Received 06 Jun 2014, Accepted 30 Jun 2014
First published online 03 Jul 2014
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The gating effect by thousands of bubble-propelled micromotors in macroscale channels
Wei Zhe Teo, Hong Wang and Martin Pumera
Nanoscale, 2015,7, 11575-11579
Abstract
The presence of active bubble-propelled micromotors in large numbers (>10
000) was found to slow down the dissolution and dispersion of chemicals.
