Question: Nanotechnologists have found ways to create and manipulate structures containing only a few molecules. However, orienting the molecules in specific ways to assemble such structures

Nanotechnologists have found ways to create and manipulate structures containing only a few molecules. However, orienting the molecules in specific ways to assemble such structures can be difficult. Calculate the entropy of a solid nanostructure made of 64 molecules in which the molecules

(a) Are all aligned in the same direction;

(b) Lie in any one of four orientations with the same energy.

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