| aiREBO | adaptive intermolecular reactive empirical bond order potential, |
| AMBER | assisted model building with energy refinement, |
| CHARMM | chemistry at Harvard macromolecular mechanics, |
| CR | Congo red, |
| CR-DOX | Congo red complexed with doxorubicin, |
| DLS | dynamic light scattering, |
| DOX | doxorubicin, |
| GAFF | generalized AMBER force field, |
| LAMMPS | open source code (Large-scale Atomic/ Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator), |
| MD | molecular dynamics, |
| RDF | radial distribution function, |
| RESP | restrained electrostatic potential, |
| SEM | scanning electron microscopy, |
| SRLS | self-assembled ribbon-like structures, |
| SWNT | single walled carbon nanotubes, carboxylic acid functionalized, |
| SWNT-CR | single walled carbon nanotubes, carboxylic acid functionalized complexed with Congo red, |
| SWNT-CR-DOX | single walled carbon nanotubes, carboxylic acid functionalized complexed with Congo red and doxorubicin. |