isotopic purity needed for nanotechnology?

From: Fred Chen (flipsu5_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/08/05

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    A 30 nm cube of matter could contain on the order of a million atoms.
    An isotopic purity of 99.99% would only guarantee about 100 atoms are
    "off-weight". Is this of any concern for nano-mechanical based designs?

    Fred

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