单项选择题
While chemists try to assemble molecules using a combination of theoretical
principles and practical experience to mold molecules that have desired
structural and chemical properties, nanotechonologists generally seek to make
Line more than a single molecule. They build arrays of identical or complexed
(5) molecules, sometimes on a scale that will transcend the boundaries of the
microscopic and approach the macroscopic, using both top-down and bottom-up
approaches. The first is exemplified by scientists who build objects and
molecular arrays using the techniques of scanning probe microscopy, while the
second is exemplified by investigators who design two-and three-dimensional
(10) chemical systems that cohere according to the rules of chemical interactions.
The top-down approach has exquisite precision, but its disadvantage is its lack
of extensive parallelism; it requires manipulating atoms and molecules
practically one by one, while the bottom-up approach is massively parallel. But
in both cases, scientists are forced to use the difficult nanometer scale, i.e. the
(15) level at which living systems tend to make their structural components, rather
than the angstrom scale of chemistry.
(A) indicate some possible technological benefits to the development of new and varied techniques in nanotechnology
(B) argue that science involving the macroscopic tends to be exponentially more difficult than the science of the microscopic
(C) defend the use of the bottom-up approach of building molecules as more efficient relative to the top-down approach
(D) distinguish two different approaches in nanotechnology and comment on their differences and similarities
(E) correct the misconception that the benefits of nanotechnology are likely to be seen in the near future