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\chapter*{List of Acronyms}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Acronyms}

\begin{acronym}[ABCDEFGHIJK]
    \acro{AFM}[AFM]{atomic force microscope}
    \acro{BFGS}[BFGS]{Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno}
    \acro{COS}[COS]{center-to-outer sphere}
    \acro{DFP}[DFP]{Davidon-Fletcher-Powell}
    \acro{DFT}[DFT]{density functional theory}
    \acro{ECP}[ECP]{effective core potential}
    \acro{EDM}[EDM]{Euclidean distance matrix}
    \acro{eLJ}[eLJ]{extended Lennard-Jones}
    \acro{fcc}[fcc]{face-centered cubic}
    \acro{FR}[FR]{Fletcher-Reeves}
    \acro{GDF}[GDF]{golden dual fullerene}
	\acro{GEA}[GEA]{gradient expansion approximation}
	\acro{GGA}[GGA]{generalised gradient approximation}
    \acro{GN}[GN]{Gregory-Newton}
    \acro{GNC}[GNC]{Gregory-Newton cluster}
    \acro{GTO}[GTO]{Gaussian-type orbital}
    \acrodefplural{GTO}{Gaussian-type orbitals}
    \acro{hcp}[hcp]{hexagonal-closed packed}
    \acro{LCAO}[LCAO]{linear combination of atomic orbitals}
    \acro{LDA}[LDA]{local density approximation}
    \acro{LJ}[LJ]{Lennard-Jones}
    \acro{MDS}[MDS]{minimum distance sphere}
    \acro{OMP}[OMP]{Open Multi-Processing}
    \acro{PAW}[PAW]{projector-augmented wave}
    \acro{PES}[PES]{potential energy surface}
    \acro{RMS}[RMS]{root mean square}
    \acro{SCF}[SCF]{self-consistent field}
    \acro{STM}[STM]{scanning tunneling microscope}
    \acro{SHS}[SHS]{sticky-hard-sphere}
    \acro{STO}[STO]{Slater-type orbital}
    \acrodefplural{STO}{Slater-type orbitals}
\end{acronym}