3DOM	three-dimensionally ordered macroporous
ALD	atomic layer deposition
BDE	1,3-butadiene
BTB	borane tert-butylamine complex
CNT	carbon nanotube
Cp	cyclopentadienyl
CVD	chemical vapor deposition
DFT	density functional theory
DME	dimethyl ether
DP	deposition-precipitation
DRM	dry reforming of methane
FTO	Fischer Tropsch to olefins
FTS	Fischer Tropsch synthesis
GC	graphitic carbon
GHSV	gas hourly space velocity
GISAXS	grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering
H2-TPR	hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction
HAADF	high-angle annular dark-field
H-Al2O3	hydrophobic Al2O3
h-BN	hexagonal boron nitride
HDP	homogeneous deposition-precipitation
IR	infrared
IWI	incipient wetness impregnation
ME	modulation-excitation
MeOH	methanol
MLD	molecular layer deposition
MOF	metal-organic framework
MSI	metal-support interactions
m-SiO2	mesoporous SiO2
NAP-XPS	near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
NEXAFS-TEY	near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy with total electron yield
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
NP	nanoparticle
OAm	oleylamine
P	pressure
PAMAM	polyamidoamine
PDF	pair distribution function
PDH	propane dehydrogenation
PODH	propane oxidative dehydrogenation
PROX	preferential oxidation of CO in H2
PVA	polyvinyl alcohol
RCT	raspberry colloid-template
SRM	steam reforming of methane
SSITKA	steady-state isotope transient kinetic analysis
STD	syngas-to-dimethyl
STEM-EDX	scanning transmission electron microscopy energy dispersive X-ray
T	temperature
TAP	temporal analysis of products
TEM	transmission electron microscopy
TGA	thermogravimetric analysis
thd	2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dione
TMA	trimethylaluminum
TOF	turnover frequency
TOS	time-on-stream
TTAB	trimethyl(tetradecyl)ammonium bromide
UHV	ultra-high vacuum
V	volume
WHSV	weight hourly space velocity
WI	wet impregnation
XAS	X-ray absorption spectroscopy
XPS	X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
XRD	X-ray diffraction