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Abbreviations
GISAXS
Grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering
GIXRD
Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction
GMR
Giant magnetoresistance
HOPG
Highly oriented pyrolytic graphite
IR
Infrared
ITIES
Interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions
ITO
Indium-tin-oxide
LECD
Localized electrochemical deposition
LEED
Low-energy electron diffraction
LN
Less noble
MCE
Magnetic composite electroplating
MFM
Magnetic force microscopy
MHD
Magnetohydrodynamic
ML
Monolayer (Chap. 4) or Multilayer (Chap. 5)
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MMC
Metal matrix composite
MN
More noble
MW
Microwave
MWCNT
Multiwall carbon nanotube
NM
Non-magnetic
PAA
Porous anodic alumina
PAS
Positron annihilation spectroscopy
PEO
Poly(ethylene oxide)
PMMA
Poly(methylmetacrylate)
PS
Polystyrene
PTFE
Poly(tetrafluorethylene)
PTRF-XAFS
Polarization-dependent total-reflection fluorescence X-ray
absorption fine structure
QCM
Quartz crystal miocrobalance
RBS
Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy
RDE
Rotating disc electrode
RF
Radiofrequency
RRDE
Rotating ring-disc electrode
SAM
Self-assembled monolayer
SCC
Stress corrosion cracking
SEBALD
Selective electrodesorption-based atomic layer deposition
SECM
Scanning electrochemical microscopy
SEM
Scanning electron microscopy
SERS
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
SILAR
Successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction
SLRR
Surface-limited redox replacement
SNMS
Secondary neutral mass spectrometry
SPION
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle
1 The dual notation could not be resolved because the same abbreviation was strongly embedded
into the literature of various fields.