[johnkt09 (OP)]

Mechanomers—functional copolymers such as the proteins—can be developed empirically, by mass synthesis and mass testing of random mechanomers; see my "EMD for Dummies" blog at

newbielink:http://mechanomers.blogspot.com [nonactive]

It is hard to exaggerate the promise of such technology, although a world obsessed with electronics and nuclear physics to the point of ignoring what organic chemistry did for us over the last century is unlikely to evaluate this properly as well.

John Kennard