In the list below, black type indicates terms chosen for the Nanoscale Science and Technology Supplement. Terms in gray type show the placement of the chosen terms within the overall scheme.
| 00. | GENERAL |
| 03. | Quantum mechanics, field theories, and special relativity |
| 03.67.−a | Quantum information |
| 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 |
| 07. | Instruments, apparatus, and components common to several branches of physics and astronomy |
| 07.10.−h | Mechanical instruments and equipment |
| 07.10.Cm | Micromechanical devices and systems |
| 07.79.−v | Scanning probe microscopes and components |
| 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 |
| 40. | ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS |
| 42. | Optics |
| 42.70.−a | Optical materials |
| 42.70.Qs | Photonic bandgap materials |
| 47. | Fluid dynamics |
| 47.61.−k | Micro- and nano- scale flow phenomena |
| 47.61.Cb | Non-continuum effects |
| 47.61.Fg | Flows in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS) |
| 47.61.Jd | Multiphase flows |
| 47.61.Ne | Micromixing |
| 60. | CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, AND THERMAL PROPERTIES |
| 61. | Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography |
| 61.46.−w | Nanoscale materials |
| 61.46.Bc | Clusters |
| 61.46.Df | Nanoparticles |
| 61.46.Fg | Nanotubes |
| 61.46.Hk | Nanocrystals |
| 61.48.+c | Fullerenes and fullerene-related materials |
| 62. | Mechanical and acoustical properties of condensed matter |
| 62.25.+g | Mechanical properties of nanoscale materials |
| 63. | Lattice dynamics |
| 63.22.+m | Phonons or vibrational states in low-dimensional structures and nanoscale materials |
| 64. | Equations of state, phase equilibria, and phase transitions |
| 64.70.−p | Specific phase transitions |
| 64.70.Nd | Structural transitions in nanoscale materials |
| 66. | Transport properties of condensed matter (nonelectronic) |
| 66.30.h | Diffusion in solids |
| 66.30.Pa | Diffusion in nanoscale solids |
| 68. | Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and low-dimensional systems (structure and nonelectronic properties) |
| 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.Fg | Quantum wells |
| 68.65.Hb | Quantum dots |
| 68.65.La | Quantum wires |
| 70. | CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES |
| 71. | Electronic structure of bulk materials |
| 71.20.b | Electron density of states and band structure of crystalline solids |
| 71.20.Tx | Fullerenes and related materials; intercalation compounds |
| 72. | Electronic transport in condensed matter |
| 72.25.b | Spin polarized transport |
| 72.25.Ba | Spin polarized transport in metals |
| 72.25.Dc | Spin polarized transport in semiconductors |
| 72.25.Fe | Optical creation of spin polarized carriers |
| 72.25.Hg | Electrical injection of spin polarized carriers |
| 72.25.Mk | Spin transport through interfaces |
| 72.25.Pn | Current-driven spin pumping |
| 72.25.Rb | Spin relaxation and scattering |
| 72.80.r | Conductivity of specific materials |
| 72.80.Rj | Fullerenes and related materials |
| 73. | Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and low-dimensional structures |
| 73.21.b | Electron states and collective excitations in multilayers, quantum wells, mesoscopic, and nanoscale systems |
| 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 |
| 73.61.r | Electrical properties of specific thin films |
| 73.61.Wp | Fullerenes and related materials |
| 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. | Superconductivity |
| 74.70.b | Superconducting materials |
| 74.70.Wz | Fullerenes and related materials |
| 74.78.w | Superconducting films and low-dimensional structures |
| 74.78.Na | Mesoscopic and nanoscale systems |
| 75. | Magnetic properties and materials |
| 75.50.y | Studies of specific magnetic materials |
| 75.50.Tt | Fine-particle systems; nanocrystalline materials |
| 75.50.Xx | Molecular magnets |
| 75.70.−i | Magnetic properties of thin films, surfaces, and interfaces |
| 75.75.+a | Magnetic properties of nanostructures |
| 78. | Optical properties, condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of radiation and particles with condensed matter |
| 78.30.j | Infrared and Raman spectra |
| 78.30.Na | Fullerenes and related materials |
| 78.40.q | Absorption and reflection spectra: visible and ultraviolet |
| 78.40.Ri | Fullerenes and related materials |
| 78.66.w | Optical properties of specific thin films |
| 78.66.Tr | Fullerenes and related materials |
| 78.67.n | Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and 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 |
| 80. | INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| 81. | Materials science |
| 81.05.t | Specific materials: fabrication, treatment, testing, and analysis |
| 81.05.Tp | Fullerenes and related materials |
| 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. | Physical chemistry and chemical physics |
| 82.45.h | Electrochemistry and electrophoresis |
| 82.45.Yz | Nanostructured materials in electrochemistry |
| 85. | Electronic and magnetic devices; microelectronics |
| 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 |
| 85.75.d | Magnetoelectronics; spintronics: devices exploiting spin polarized transport or integrated magnetic fields |
| 85.75.Bb | Magnetic memory using giant magnetoresistance |
| 85.75.Dd | Magnetic memory using magnetic tunnel junctions |
| 85.75.Ff | Reprogrammable magnetic logic |
| 85.75.Hh | Spin polarized field effect transistors |
| 85.75.Mm | Spin polarized resonant tunnel junctions |
| 85.75.Nn | Hybrid Hall devices |
| 85.75.Ss | Magnetic field sensors using spin polarized transport |
| 85.85.+j | Micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) and devices |