List of abbreviations
| 2D | - | two-dimensional |
| 2D-FFT | - | two-dimensional fast Fourier transform |
| 3D | - | three-dimensional |
| AES | - | Auger electron spectroscopy |
| BO | - | Born-Oppenheimer |
| C60 | - | Buckminster fullerene |
| CMA | - | cylindrical mirror analyser |
| Co-TBrPP | - | (5,10,15,20-tetrabromophenylporphyrinato)Co(II) |
| CYP | - | cytochrome P450 |
| DFT | - | density functional theory |
| DOS | - | density of states |
| EXAFS | - | extended X-ray absorption fine structure |
| FCC | - | face-centred cubic |
| GGA | - | generalised gradient approximation |
| h | - | C60 facing a surface with a hexagon |
| h–h | - | C60 facing a surface with the bond between two |
| hexagons | ||
| h–p | - | C60 facing a surface with the bond between a hexagon |
| and a pentagon | ||
| H2P | - | free-base porphine |
| H2TPP | - | free-base tetraphenyl-porphyrin |
| HOMO | - | highest occupied molecular orbital |
| LDA | - | local density approximation |
| LEED | - | low energy electron diffraction |
| LUMO | - | lowest unoccupied molecular orbital |
| ML | - | monolayer |
| MnClTPP | - | (5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato)Mn(III)Cl |
| MO | - | molecular orbital |
| NEXAFS | - | near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure |
| NiDPP | - | (5,15-diphenylporphyrinato)Ni(II) |
| NiP | - | Ni-porphine |
| NiTPP-dimer | - | 5-((10,15,20-triphenylporphyrinato)Ni(II))2 dimer |
| p | - | C60 facing a surface with a pentagon |
| PAW | - | projected augmented wave |
| PBE | - | Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof |
| s | - | C60 facing a surface with a single atom |
| SNOM | - | scanning near-field optical microscopy |
| STM | - | scanning tunneling microscopy |
| T0 | - | Kauzmann temperature |
| TC | - | critical temperature |
| Tg | - | kinetic glassy transition temperature |
| TPP | - | tetraphenyl-porphyrin |
| UHV | - | ultra-high vacuum |
| VASP | - | Vienna ab initio simulation package |
| vdW-DF | - | van der Waals density functional |
| VFT | - | Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann |
| XAFS | - | X-ray absorption fine structure |
| XANES | - | X-ray absorption near-edge structure |
| XAS | - | X-ray absorption spectroscopy |
| XPS | - | X-ray photoemssion spectroscopy |