h-, c-, r-, w-	hexagonal, cubic, rhombohedral, wurzite
BCNO	C, N-doped h-BNQDs
BOND	boron-oxynitride
BN	boron nitride
BNQD	boron nitride quantum dots
CNT	carbon nanotubes
CVD	chemical vapor deposition
DFT	density functional theory
DMF	dimethylformamide
DMSO	dimethyl sulfoxide
DUV	deep ultraviolet
EELS	electron energy loss spectroscopy
HOMO	highest occupied molecular orbital
LEED	low-energy electron diffraction
LUMO	lowest occupied molecular orbital
MBE	molecular beam epitaxy
NMP	N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone
NT	nanotubes
PL	photoluminescence
PLD	pulsed laser deposition
PLE	photoluminescence excitation
QD	quantum dot
QY	quantum yield
SAED	selected area electron diffraction
TEM	Transmission electron microscopy