mCP Microcontact printing
Ac Acetyl
acac Acetylacetonate
AFM Atomic force microscope / microscopy
aq Aqueous
Ar Aryl
ARXPS Angular resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
ax Axial
BE Binding energy
BINAP 2,2'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl
br Broad
bpm Bipyrimidine
bpy Bipyridine
Bu Butyl
CAN Cerium (IV) ammonium nitrate
Cbz Benzyl carbamate
conc. Concentrated
COSY Correlated spectroscopy
CPE Constant phase element
CPK Corey-Pauling-Koltun
CV Cyclic voltammetry / voltammogram
d Doublet / day
DABCO 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane
dap 2,7-Diazapyrene
dba Dibenzylideneacetone
DBU 1,8-Diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-1-ene
DCC 1,3-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide
DCM Dichloromethane
DDQ 2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone
dil. Dilute
DMAP 4-Dimethylaminopyridine
DMF N,N-Dimethylformamide
DMSO Dimethylsulfoxide
DPN Dip-pen nanolithography
DTT Dithiothreitol
EA Ethyl acetate
EDC 1-(3-Dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethyl carbodiimide hydrochloride
EI Electron impact
en Ethylene diamine
ES Electrospray
esd Estimated standard deviation
ESR Electron spin resonance
Et Ethyl
eV Electron Volt
FAB Fast atom bombardment
fb Free-base
FIB Fast ion bombardment
hex n-Hexyl
IR Infrared
ITO Indium tin oxide
LC Liquid chromatography
LDA Lithium diisopropylamide
LSI Liquid secondary ion
LTMP 2,2,4,4-Tetramethylpiperidine, lithium salt
m Multiplet / medium
M Molar
MALDI Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization
MCT Mercury-cadmium telluride
Me Methyl
mp Melting point
MS Mass spectrum / spectrometry
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance (spectroscopy)
NOE Nuclear Overhauser effect
NOESY Nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy
OEP Octaethyl porphyrin
OSA Orthogonal self assembly
PEG Poly(ethylene glycol)
PDMS Poly(dimethyl siloxane)
Ph Phenyl
ppm Parts per million
Pr Propyl
pyr Pyridine / pyridyl
q Quartet
Rf Retention factor
RAIRS Reflection - adsorption infrared spectroscopy
rms Root mean square
ROESY Rotating frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy
rt Room temperature
s Singlet / second / strong
SAM Self assembled monolayer
satd. Saturated
STM Scanning tunnelling microscope / microscopy
t Triplet
TBAF Tetrabutyl ammonium fluoride
TBDMS tert-Butyldimethylsilyl
TCE 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
Tf Trifluoromethylsulfonyl
TFA Trifluoroacetic acid
THF Tetrahydrofuran
tlc Thin layer chromatography
TOCSY Totally correlated spectroscopy
TOF Time of flight
TPP Tetraphenyl porphyrin
TPT Tripyridyl triazine
Ts p-Tolylsulfonyl
UV Ultraviolet
vis Visible
w Weak
XPS X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy