Will scientific interest in Drexlerian nanotech noticeably increase in 2024?
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Eric drexler proposed a form of molecular nanotechnology, where custom nanoscale manipulators akin to miniature factories positionally assemble complex structures molecule by molecule.
He put forward these ideas in the books "engines of creation", and the textbook "nanosystems". After a burst of interest in the 2000's, there has recently been relatively little scientific citation of these books. Will that change in 2024?
Resolution criteria: I'm counting "noticeably increase" as a 150% increase in yearly citations in 2024, compared to 2023, for at least one of the two books, as measured by google scholar.
Yearly citations can be seen here for "engines of creation" and here for "nanoystems".
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