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NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Collection of Applicable Terms from PACS 2003

The PACS codes in this Supplement are collected mostly from condensed matter physics, materials science, and microelectronics sections; some are from other sections of PACS. These sections are indicated in square brackets next to the descriptions of the codes.

03.65.Ud Entanglement and quantum nonlocality (e.g. EPR paradox, Bell's inequalities, GHZ states, etc.) [Quantum mechanics]

03.67.-a Quantum information [Quantum mechanics, field theories, and special relativity]

03.67.Dd Quantum cryptography

03.67.Hk Quantum communication

03.67.Lx Quantum computation

03.67.Mn Entanglement production, characterization, and manipulation

03.67.Pp Quantum error correction and other methods for protection against decoherence

03.75.-b Matter waves [Quantum mechanics, field theories, and special relativity]

03.75.Be Atom and neutron optics

03.75.Dg Atom and neutron interferometry

03.75.Gg Entanglement and decoherence in Bose-Einstein condensates

03.75.Hh Static properties of condensates; thermodynamical, statistical and structural properties

03.75.Kk Dynamic properties of condensates; collective and hydrodynamic excitations, superfluid flow

03.75.Lm Tunneling, Josephson effect, Bose-Einstein condensates in periodic potentials, solitons, vortices and topological excitations

03.75.Mn Multicomponent condensates; spinor condensates

03.75.Nt Other Bose-Einstein condensation phenomena

03.75.Pp Atom lasers

03.75.Ss Degenerate Fermi gases

07.79.-v Scanning probe microscopes and components [Instruments, apparatus, and components common to several branches of physics and astronomy]

07.79.Cz Scanning tunneling microscopes

07.79.Fc Near-field scanning optical microscopes

07.79.Lh Atomic force microscopes

07.79.Pk Magnetic force microscopes

07.79.Sp Friction force microscopes

39.20.+q Atom interferometry techniques [Atomic and molecular physics]

39.25.+k Atom manipulation (scanning probe microscopy, laser cooling, etc.) [Atomic and molecular physics]

61.46.+w Nanoscale materials: clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals

61.48.+c Fullerenes and fullerene-related materials

62.25.+g Mechanical properties of nanoscale materials

63.22.+m Phonons or vibrational states in low-dimensional structures and nanoscale materials

64.70.Nd Structural transitions in nanoscale materials

66.30.Pa Diffusion in nanoscale solids

68.37.-d Microscopy of surfaces, interfaces, and thin films

68.37.Ef Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM)

68.37.Hk Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (including EBIC)

68.37.Lp Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) (including STEM, HRTEM, etc.)

68.37.Nq Low energy electron microscopy (LEEM)

68.37.Ps Atomic force microscopy (AFM)

68.37.Rt Magnetic force microscopy (MFM)

68.37.Tj Acoustic force microscopy

68.37.Uv Near-field scanning microscopy and spectroscopy

68.37.Vj Field emission and field-ion microscopy

68.37.Xy Scanning Auger microscopy, photoelectron microscopy

68.37.Yz X-ray microscopy

68.65.-k Low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale systems: structure and nonelectronic properties

68.65.Ac Multilayers

68.65.Cd Superlattices

68.65.Fg Quantum wells

68.65.Hb Quantum dots

68.65.La Quantum wires

73.21.-b Electron states and collective excitations in multilayers, quantum wells, mesoscopic, and nanoscale systems

73.21.Ac Multilayers

73.21.Cd Superlattices

73.21.Fg Quantum wells

73.21.Hb Quantum wires

73.21.La Quantum dots

73.22.-f Electronic structure of nanoscale materials: clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals

73.22.Dj Single particle states

73.22.Gk Broken symmetry phases

73.22.Lp Collective excitations

73.23.-b Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems

73.23.Ad Ballistic transport

73.23.Hk Coulomb blockade; single-electron tunneling

73.23.Ra Persistent currents

73.63.-b Electronic transport in nanoscale materials and structures

73.63.Bd Nanocrystalline materials

73.63.Fg Nanotubes

73.63.Hs Quantum wells

73.63.Kv Quantum dots

73.63.Nm Quantum wires

73.63.Rt Nanoscale contacts

74.78.-w Superconducting films and low dimensional structures

74.78.Bz High-Tc films

74.78.Db Low-Tc films

74.78.Fk Multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures

74.78.Na Mesoscopic and nanoscale systems

75.75.+a Magnetic properties of nanostructures

78.67.-n Optical properties of nanoscale materials and structures

78.67.Bf Nanocrystals and nanoparticles

78.67.Ch Nanotubes

78.67.De Quantum wells

78.67.Hc Quantum dots

78.67.Lt Quantum wires

78.67.Pt Multilayers; superlattices

81.07.-b Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization

81.07.Bc Nanocrystalline materials

81.07.De Nanotubes

81.07.Lk Nanocontacts

81.07.Nb Molecular nanostructures

81.07.Pr Organic-inorganic hybrid nanostructures

81.07.St Quantum wells

81.07.Ta Quantum dots

81.07.Vb Quantum wires

81.07.Wx Nanopowders

81.16.-c Methods of nanofabrication and processing

81.16.Be Chemical synthesis methods

81.16.Dn Self-assembly

81.16.Fg Supramolecular and biochemical assembly

81.16.Hc Catalytic methods

81.16.Mk Laser-assisted deposition

81.16.Nd Nanolithography

81.16.Pr Nanooxidation

81.16.Rf Nanoscale pattern formation

81.16.Ta Atom manipulation

82.35.Np Nanoparticles in polymers [Physical chemistry and chemical physics]

82.37.-j Single molecule kinetics [Physical chemistry and chemical physics]

82.37.Gk STM and AFM manipulations of a single molecule

82.37.Np Single molecule reaction kinetics, dissociation, etc.

82.37.Rs Single molecule manipulation of proteins and other biological molecules

82.37.Vb Single molecule photochemistry

82.53.-k Femtochemistry

82.53.Eb Pump probe studies of photodissociation

82.53.Hn Pump probe experiments with bound states

82.53.Kp Coherent spectroscopy of atoms and molecules

82.53.Mj Femtosecond probing of semiconductor nanostructures

82.53.Ps Femtosecond probing of biological molecules

82.53.St Femtochemistry of adsorbed molecules

82.53.Uv Femtosecond probes of molecules in liquids

82.53.Xa Femtosecond probes of molecules in solids and of molecular solids

82.53.Mj Femtosecond probing of semiconductor nanostructures [Physical chemistry and chemical physics]

82.60.Qr Thermodynamics of nanoparticles [Physical chemistry and chemical physics]

85.35.-p Nanoelectronic devices

85.35.Be Quantum well devices (quantum dots, quantum wires, etc)

85.35.Ds Quantum interference devices

85.35.Gv Single electron devices

85.35.Kt Nanotube devices

85.65.+h Molecular electronic devices

85.85.+j Micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) and devices

87.83.+a Biomedical applications of nanotechnology [Biological and medical physics]