| GaN | Gallium nitride |
| QW | Quantum well |
| Stp | Streptavidin |
| FBR | Ferritin-Biotin-Rhodamine complex |
| SPB | Silane-PEG-Biotin |
| APTES | 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane |
| p-GaN | p-type GaN |
| n-GaN | n-type GaN |
| u-GaN | un-doped GaN |
| u-QW | un-doped GaN-GaInN-GaN quantum well structure |
| p-QW | GaN-GaInN-GaN quantum well structure with Mg-doped cap layer |
| sccm | standard cubic centimeters per minute |
| a.u. | arbitrary units |
| XRR | X-ray Reflectivity |
| XPS | X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| MALDI-ToF | Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight |
| ToF-SIMS | Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry |
| AFM | Atomic force microscopy |