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Surface Chemistry of Colloidal Nanocrystals
By
Ana Luísa Daniel-da-Silva;
Ana Luísa Daniel-da-Silva
University of Aveiro, Portugal
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Tito Trindade
Tito Trindade
University of Aveiro, Portugal
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Hardback ISBN:
978-1-78801-401-4
PDF ISBN:
978-1-78801-656-8
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78801-981-1
Special Collection:
2021 ebook collection
Series:
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
No. of Pages:
262
Publication date:
08 Feb 2021
Book Chapter
List of Abbreviations
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Published:08 Feb 2021
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Special Collection: 2021 ebook collectionSeries: Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Citation
2021. "List of Abbreviations", Surface Chemistry of Colloidal Nanocrystals, Ana Luísa Daniel-da-Silva, Tito Trindade
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| AFM | Atomic force microscopy |
| ALA | 5-Aminolevulinic acid |
| AMF | Alternating magnetic field |
| ATRP | Atom-transfer radical polymerization |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| BET | Brunauer, Emmett and Teller |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CB | Conduction band |
| CBC | Covalent bonding classification |
| ChT | α-Chymotrypsin |
| CMT | Chemotherapy |
| CT | Computed tomography |
| CTAB | Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide) |
| CuAAC | Cu(i)-catalysed alkyne–azide click |
| Cup | N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine (ammonium salt: cupferron) |
| DDT | 1-Dodecanethiol |
| DEM | Dual-energy mammography |
| DLS | Dynamic light scattering |
| DLVO | Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey and Overbeek |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOX | Doxorubicin |
| EDC | 1-Ethyl-3-(3dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide |
| EDL | Electrical double layer |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EDX | Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EIS | Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FA | Folic acid |
| Fab | Fragment antigen binding |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FWHM | Full width at half-maximum intensity |
| GBM | Glioblastoma |
| GO | Graphene oxide |
| HDA | Hexadecylamine |
| HGMS | High-gradient magnetic separation |
| HPA | Hexylphosphonic acid |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| HRTEM | High-resolution transmission electron microscopy |
| HSA | Human serum albumin |
| ICG | Indocyanine Green |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin |
| LAL | Laser ablation in the liquid phase |
| LbL | Layer-by-layer |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| LCST | Lower critical solution temperature |
| LOD | Limit of detection |
| LSPR | Localized surface plasmon resonance |
| Lyz | Lysozyme |
| mAb | Monoclonal antibody |
| MNP | Magnetic nanoparticle |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| NC | Nanocrystal |
| NHS | N-hydroxysuccinimide |
| NIR | Near-infrared |
| NIRF | Near-infrared fluorescence |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NP | Nanoparticle |
| NR | Nanorod |
| NS | Nanosphere |
| NW | Nanowire |
| o/w | Oil/water |
| PAA | Poly(acrylic acid) |
| PB | Polybutadiene |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PDA | Polydopamine |
| PDT | Photodynamic therapy |
| PE | Polyelectrolyte |
| PEG | Poly(ethylene glycol) |
| PEI | Polyethylenimine |
| PEOS | Polyethoxysiloxane |
| PET | Positron emission tomography |
| PLGA | Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) |
| PMMA | Poly(methyl methacrylate) |
| PNIPAm | Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) |
| PS | Polystyrene |
| PTT | Photothermal therapy |
| PVA | Poly(vinyl alcohol) |
| PVP | Polyvinylpyrrolidone |
| PZT | Point of zero charge |
| QD | Quantum dot |
| RAFT | Reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization |
| RES | Reticuloendothelial system |
| RF | Resorcinol–formaldehyde |
| RGD | Arginine-glycine-aspartic acid peptide |
| RMT | Receptor-mediated transcytosis |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RT | Room temperature |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| SERS | Surface-enhanced Raman scattering |
| siRNA | Short interfering RNA |
| SL | Superlattice |
| SP | Superparticle |
| SPECT | Single-photon emission computed tomography |
| SPION | Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocrystal |
| ssDNA | Single-stranded DNA |
| STEM | Scanning transmission electron microscopy |
| TAT | Transactivating transcriptional activator |
| TDPA | Tetradecylphosphonic acid |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| TEOS | Tetraethyl orthosilicate |
| TOP | Tri-n-octylphosphine |
| TOPO | Tri-n-octylphosphine oxide |
| UCN | Upconversion nanocrystal |
| VB | Valence band |
| vdW | van der Waals |
| WGA | Wheat germ agglutinin |
| XPS | X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |
| AFM | Atomic force microscopy |
| ALA | 5-Aminolevulinic acid |
| AMF | Alternating magnetic field |
| ATRP | Atom-transfer radical polymerization |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| BET | Brunauer, Emmett and Teller |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CB | Conduction band |
| CBC | Covalent bonding classification |
| ChT | α-Chymotrypsin |
| CMT | Chemotherapy |
| CT | Computed tomography |
| CTAB | Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide) |
| CuAAC | Cu(i)-catalysed alkyne–azide click |
| Cup | N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine (ammonium salt: cupferron) |
| DDT | 1-Dodecanethiol |
| DEM | Dual-energy mammography |
| DLS | Dynamic light scattering |
| DLVO | Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey and Overbeek |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOX | Doxorubicin |
| EDC | 1-Ethyl-3-(3dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide |
| EDL | Electrical double layer |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EDX | Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EIS | Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FA | Folic acid |
| Fab | Fragment antigen binding |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FWHM | Full width at half-maximum intensity |
| GBM | Glioblastoma |
| GO | Graphene oxide |
| HDA | Hexadecylamine |
| HGMS | High-gradient magnetic separation |
| HPA | Hexylphosphonic acid |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| HRTEM | High-resolution transmission electron microscopy |
| HSA | Human serum albumin |
| ICG | Indocyanine Green |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin |
| LAL | Laser ablation in the liquid phase |
| LbL | Layer-by-layer |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| LCST | Lower critical solution temperature |
| LOD | Limit of detection |
| LSPR | Localized surface plasmon resonance |
| Lyz | Lysozyme |
| mAb | Monoclonal antibody |
| MNP | Magnetic nanoparticle |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| NC | Nanocrystal |
| NHS | N-hydroxysuccinimide |
| NIR | Near-infrared |
| NIRF | Near-infrared fluorescence |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NP | Nanoparticle |
| NR | Nanorod |
| NS | Nanosphere |
| NW | Nanowire |
| o/w | Oil/water |
| PAA | Poly(acrylic acid) |
| PB | Polybutadiene |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PDA | Polydopamine |
| PDT | Photodynamic therapy |
| PE | Polyelectrolyte |
| PEG | Poly(ethylene glycol) |
| PEI | Polyethylenimine |
| PEOS | Polyethoxysiloxane |
| PET | Positron emission tomography |
| PLGA | Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) |
| PMMA | Poly(methyl methacrylate) |
| PNIPAm | Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) |
| PS | Polystyrene |
| PTT | Photothermal therapy |
| PVA | Poly(vinyl alcohol) |
| PVP | Polyvinylpyrrolidone |
| PZT | Point of zero charge |
| QD | Quantum dot |
| RAFT | Reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization |
| RES | Reticuloendothelial system |
| RF | Resorcinol–formaldehyde |
| RGD | Arginine-glycine-aspartic acid peptide |
| RMT | Receptor-mediated transcytosis |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RT | Room temperature |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| SERS | Surface-enhanced Raman scattering |
| siRNA | Short interfering RNA |
| SL | Superlattice |
| SP | Superparticle |
| SPECT | Single-photon emission computed tomography |
| SPION | Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocrystal |
| ssDNA | Single-stranded DNA |
| STEM | Scanning transmission electron microscopy |
| TAT | Transactivating transcriptional activator |
| TDPA | Tetradecylphosphonic acid |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| TEOS | Tetraethyl orthosilicate |
| TOP | Tri-n-octylphosphine |
| TOPO | Tri-n-octylphosphine oxide |
| UCN | Upconversion nanocrystal |
| VB | Valence band |
| vdW | van der Waals |
| WGA | Wheat germ agglutinin |
| XPS | X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |
Note: The plural form of a term is abbreviated by adding an “s” to the acronym (e.g. nanocrystals, NCs).
