DocumentCode
821991
Title
Comment on "Nanorobotics control design: a collective behavior approach for medicine"
Author
Curtis, Adam S. G.
Author_Institution
Centre for Cell Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
Volume
4
Issue
2
fYear
2005
fDate
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
202
Lastpage
203
Abstract
Following the paper by Calcavani and Freitas (see ibid., vol.4, no.2, p.133-40, 2005), the limitations on nanorobot design and activity imposed by Brownian motion events, communication problems, and the nature of the intercellular space are discussed. It is shown that severe problems exist for a nanorobot designed to enter tissues for therapeutic purposes when it is smaller than about 1 μm in any one of its dimensions.
Keywords
Brownian motion; cellular biophysics; medical robotics; microrobots; nanotechnology; patient treatment; Brownian motion events; collective behavior approach; communication problems; intercellular space; medicine; nanorobotics control design; therapeutic purposes; tissues; Assembly; Biological control systems; Biology computing; Biomedical computing; Cells (biology); Control design; DNA; Genetics; Nanobioscience; Nanotechnology;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
NanoBioscience, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1241
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNB.2005.850470
Filename
1435376
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