科学家在2月20日举行的美国科学促进协会年会上发言说,尺寸为分子般大小、厚度只有一根头发丝的几百万分之一的纳米机械装置将在今后数年内投入实际应用。学术实验室和工业实验室的研究人员在开发分子马达、自组装材料等纳米机械部件方面取得了飞速进展。纳米机械的潜在应用领域包括 Speaking at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science held on February 20, scientists said that nanometer mechanical devices of millions of nanometers in size and thickness of only one filament will be put into practical application in the next few years. Researchers at academic laboratories and industrial laboratories have made rapid progress in the development of nanomechanical components such as molecular motors and self-assembly materials. Potential applications for nanomechanics include