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Class 977 | NANOTECHNOLOGY |
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700 | NANOSTRUCTURE |
701 | Integrated with dissimilar structures on a common substrate |
702 | Having biological material component |
707 | Having different types of nanoscale structures or devices on a common substrate |
708 | With distinct switching device |
712 | Formed from plural layers of nanosized material (e.g., stacked structures, etc.) |
715 | On an organic substrate |
716 | Biological cell surface |
717 | Lipid substrate |
718 | Carbohydrate substrate |
719 | Nucleic acid substrate |
720 | On an electrically conducting, semi-conducting, or semi-insulating substrate |
723 | On an electrically insulating substrate |
724 | Devices having flexible or movable element |
725 | Nanomotor/nanoactuator |
727 | Formed from biological material |
728 | Nucleic acids (e.g., DNA or RNA, etc.) |
729 | From protein or unit thereof (e.g., enzyme or carboxyl group, etc.) |
730 | For electrical purposes |
731 | Formed from a single atom, molecule, or cluster |
732 | Nanocantilever |
733 | Nanodiaphragm |
734 | Fullerenes (i.e., graphene-based structures, such as nanohorns, nanococoons, nanoscrolls, etc.) or fullerene-like structures (e.g., WS2 or MoS2 chalcogenide nanotubes, planar C3N4, etc.) |
735 | Carbon buckyball (C60, C70, etc., and derivatives and modifications thereof) |
736 | Having atoms interior to the carbon cage |
737 | Having a modified surface |
742 | Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) |
743 | Having specified tube end structure (e.g., close-ended shell or open-ended tube, etc.) |
744 | Having atoms interior to the carbon cage |
745 | Having a modified surface |
746 | Modified with biological, organic, or hydrocarbon material |
748 | Modified with atoms or molecules bonded to the surface |
749 | Modified with dissimilar atoms or molecules substituted for carbon atoms of the CNT (e.g., impurity doping or compositional substitution, etc.) |
750 | Single-walled |
751 | With specified chirality and/or electrical conductivity (e.g., chirality of (5,4), (5,5), (10,5), etc.) |
752 | Multi-walled |
753 | With polymeric or organic binder |
754 | Dendrimer (i.e., serially branching or "tree-like" structure) |
755 | Nanosheet or quantum barrier/well (i.e., layer structure having one dimension or thickness of 100 nm or less) |
756 | Lipid layer |
758 | Mono-atomic layer on delta-doped sheet |
759 | Quantum well dimensioned for intersubband transitions (e.g., for use in unipolar light emitters or quantum well infrared photodetectors, etc.) |
760 | Superlattice with graded effective bandgap (e.g., "CHIRP-graded" superlattice, etc.) |
762 | Nanowire or quantum wire (axially elongated structure having two dimensions of 100 nm or less) |
763 | Formed along or from crystallographic terraces or ridges |
764 | With specified packing density |
765 | With specified cross-sectional profile (e.g., belt-shaped, etc.) |
766 | Bent wire (i.e., having nonliner longitudinal axis) |
773 | Nanoparticle (structure having three dimensions of 100 nm or less) |
774 | Exhibiting three-dimensional carrier confinement (e.g., quantum dots, etc.) |
775 | Nanosized powder or flake (e.g., nanosized catalyst, etc.) |
778 | Within specified host or matrix material (e.g., nanocomposite films, etc.) |
779 | Possessing nanosized particles, powders, flakes, or clusters other than simple atomic impurity doping |
780 | Possessing fully enclosed nanosized voids or physical holes |
781 | Possessing nonosized surface openings that extend partially into or completely through the host material |
782 | Possessing nanosized physical convexity, ridge, or protrusion extending upward from the host's surface |
783 | Organic host/matrix (e.g., lipid, etc.) |
784 | Electrically conducting, semi-conducting, or semi-insulating host material |
785 | Electrically insulating host material |
786 | Fluidic host/matrix containing nanomaterials |
788 | Of specified organic or carbon-based composition |
789 | In array format |
795 | Composed of biological material |
797 | Lipid particle |
802 | Virus-based particle |
809 | Organic film on silicon |
810 | Of specified metal or metal alloy composition |
811 | Of specified metal oxide composition (e.g., conducting or semiconducting compositions such as ITO, ZnOx, etc.) |
813 | Of specified inorganic semiconductor composition (e.g., periodic table group IV-VI compositions, etc.) |
814 | Group IV based elements and compounds (e.g., CxSiyGez, porous silicon, etc.) |
815 | Group III-V based compounds (e.g., AlaGabIncNxPyAsz, etc.) |
816 | III-N based compounds (e.g., AlxGayInzN, etc.) |
818 | III-P based compounds (e.g., AlxGayIn2P, etc.) |
819 | III-As based compounds (e.g., AlxGayInzAs, etc.) |
820 | III-Sb based compounds (e.g., AlxGayInzSb, etc.) |
821 | Mixed group V compounds (e.g., III-NxPy, etc.) |
822 | Boron-containing compounds |
823 | Tl-containing or Bi-containing compounds |
824 | Group II-VI nonoxide compounds (e.g., CdxMnyTe, etc.) |
826 | Nonstoichiometric semiconductor compounds (e.g., IIIxVy; x does not equal y, etc.) |
827 | Formed from hybrid organic/inorganic semiconductor compositions |
828 | Biological composition interconnected with inorganic material |
829 | Organic or biological core coated with inorganic shell |
830 | Inorganic core or cluster coated with organic or biological shell |
831 | Of specified ceramic or electrically insulating compositions |
832 | Having specified property (e.g., lattice-constant, thermal expansion coefficient, etc.) |
833 | Thermal property of nanomaterial (e.g., thermally conducting/insulating or exhibiting Peltier or Seebeck effect, etc.) |
834 | Optical properties of nanomaterial (e.g., specified transparency, opacity, or index of refraction, etc.) |
835 | Chemical or nuclear reactivity/stability of composition or compound forming nanomaterial |
837 | Piezoelectric property of nanomaterial |
838 | Magnetic property of nanomaterial |
839 | MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHMS, E.G., COMPUTER SOFTWARE, ETC., SPECIFICALLY ADAPTED FOR MODELING CONFIGURATIONS OR PROPERTIES OF NANOSTRUCTURE |
840 | MANUFACTURE, TREATMENT, OR DETECTION OF NANOSTRUCTURE |
841 | Environmental containment or disposal of nanostructure material |
842 | For carbon nanotubes or fullerenes |
843 | Gas phase catalytic growth (i.e., chemical vapor deposition) |
844 | Growth by vaporization or dissociation of carbon source using a high-energy heat source (e.g., electric arc, laser, plasma, e-beam, etc.) |
845 | Purification or separation of fullerenes or nanotubes |
846 | Internal modifications (e.g., filling, endohedral modifications, etc.) |
847 | Surface modifications (e.g., functionalization, coating, etc.) |
848 | Tube end modifications (e.g., capping, joining, splicing, etc.) |
849 | With scanning probe |
850 | Scanning probe control process |
852 | For detection of specific nanostructure sample or nanostructure-related property |
855 | For manufacture of nanostructure |
856 | Including etching/cutting |
857 | Including coating |
858 | Including positioning/mounting nanostructure |
859 | Including substrate treatment |
860 | Scanning probe structure |
861 | Scanning tunneling probe |
862 | Near-field probe |
863 | Atomic force probe |
864 | Electrostatic force probe |
865 | Magnetic force probe |
866 | Scanning capacitance probe |
867 | Scanning thermal probe |
868 | With optical means |
871 | With environmental regulation means |
872 | Positioner |
873 | Tip holder |
874 | Probe tip array |
875 | With tip detail |
880 | With arrangement, process, or apparatus for testing |
882 | Assembling of separate components (e.g., by attaching, etc.) |
887 | Nanoimprint lithography (i.e., nanostamp) |
888 | Shaping or removal of materials (e.g., etching, etc.) |
890 | Deposition of materials (e.g., coating, CVD, or ALD, etc.) |
891 | Vapor phase deposition |
892 | Liquid phase deposition |
893 | Deposition in pores (molding) with subsequent removal of mold |
894 | Having step or means utilizing biological growth |
895 | Having step or means utilizing chemical property |
900 | Having step or means utilizing mechanical or thermal property (e.g., pressure, heat, etc.) |
901 | Having step or means utilizing electromagnetic property (e.g., optical, x-ray, electron beamm, etc.) |
902 | SPECIFIED USE OF NANOSTRUCTURE |
903 | For conversion, containment, or destruction of hazardous material |
904 | For medical, immunological, body treatment, or diagnosis |
905 | Specially adapted for travel through blood circulatory system |
906 | Drug delivery |
908 | Mechanical repair performed/surgical |
909 | Obstruction removal |
910 | Strengthening cell or tissue |
911 | Cancer cell destruction |
912 | Cancer cell repair |
913 | Stem cell therapy implantation |
914 | Protein engineering |
915 | Therapeutic or pharmaceutical composition |
918 | Immunological |
919 | Dental |
920 | Detection of biochemical |
923 | Cell culture |
924 | Using nanostructure as support of DNA analysis |
925 | Bioelectrical |
926 | Topical chemical (e.g., cosmetic or sunscreen, etc.) |
927 | Diagnostic contrast agent |
931 | Medical device coating |
932 | For electronic or optoelectronic application |
933 | Spintronics or quantum computing |
934 | Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) |
935 | Spin dependent tunnel (SDT) junction (e.g., tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR), etc.) |
936 | In a transistor or 3-terminal device |
937 | Single electron transistor |
938 | Field Effect transistors (FETs) with nanowire- or nanotube-channel region |
939 | Electron emitter (e.g., Spindt emitter tip coated with nanoparticles, etc.) |
940 | In a logic circuit |
943 | Information storage or retrieval using nanostructure |
948 | Energy storage/generating using nanostructure (e.g., fuel cell, battery, etc.) |
949 | Radiation emitter using nanostructure |
952 | Display |
953 | Detector using nanostructure |
961 | For textile or fabric treatment |
962 | For carrying or transporting |
963 | MISCELLANEOUS |
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