| TMDs | Transition metal dichalcogenides |
| X | Exciton |
| hBN | Hexagonal boron nitride |
| BSE | Bethe–Salpeter equation |
| VB | Valence band |
| CB | Conduction band |
| DFT | Density functional theory |
| SOC | Spin-orbit coupling |
| TB | Tight-binding |
| BZ | Brillouin zone |
| EMA | Effective mass approximation |
| mDF | Massive Dirac fermion |
| R.-K. | Rytova–Keldysh |
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