{"id":703,"date":"2011-01-07T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/703-future-3d-printing-technology-3d-nanostructures.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:07:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:07:54","slug":"future-3d-printing-technology-3d-nanostructures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/future-3d-printing-technology-3d-nanostructures","title":{"rendered":"Future 3D Printing Technology: 3D Nanostructures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- s9ymdb:2931 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"191\" style=\"float: right; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Microscopeimageshowinggrowthofthetetracarboxylicacid-C60bilayer2.jpeg\" alt=\"\">Researchers at the University of Nottingham, UK, have achieved a breakthrough in nanotechnology: they succeeded in building self-assembling 3D nanostructures. By introducing a &#8216;guest molecule&#8217;, they create structures that grow upwards, while until now only 2-dimensional surfaces were possible.<\/p>\n<p>The research group sees the main application of the new technology in creating molecular computers and information storage devices of the future.<\/p>\n<p>This is still far removed from &#8216;real&#8217; 3D printing of course, but it&#8217;s an inspiring first step. I still believe that Captain Picard&#8217;s &#8216;Tea, Earl Gray, Hot&#8217; will become a reality one day.<\/p>\n<p>For more background information, read &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/physicsworld.com\/cws\/article\/news\/44479\" title=\"Article: Guest molecule builds 3D nanostructures\" target=\"_blank\">Guest molecule builds 3D nanostructures<\/a>&#8216; on physicsworld.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the University of Nottingham, UK, have achieved a breakthrough in nanotechnology: they succeeded in building self-assembling 3D nanostructures&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":4911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[482],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-6-inspiration"],"thumbnail":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - 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