| BTA | Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide |
| azo–BTA star | Three-arm star-shaped molecule with BTA core and azobenzene arms |
| DFT | Density functional theory |
| DFTB+ | Density functional based tight-binding |
| MD | Molecular dynamics |
| PCFF | Polymer consistent force field |
| LAMMPS | Large-scale atomic/molecular massively parallel simulator |