Performance of location-selective catalytic reactions with or on the surfaces of solids in the nanometer or subnanometer range

US5298760A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Harald Fuchs · Eisenberg (Pfalz), DE
• Thomas Schimmel · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 1992
• Grant date: Mar 29, 1994
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/859
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a process for the performance of location-selective catalytic reactions with or on the surfaces of solids in the nanometer or subnanometer range, the surface in question is chemically modified by means of a surface-sensitive scanning probe containing the catalytic material. This process is used for information storage.