+% smaller captions ...
+\usepackage[small,bf]{caption}
+
+% units
+\usepackage{units}
+
+% shortcuts
+\newcommand{\si}{Si$_{\text{i}}${}}
+\newcommand{\ci}{C$_{\text{i}}${}}
+\newcommand{\cs}{C$_{\text{s}}${}}
+\newcommand{\degc}[1]{\unit[#1]{$^{\circ}$C}{}}
+\newcommand{\degk}[1]{\unit[#1]{K}{}}
+\newcommand{\distn}[1]{\unit[#1]{nm}{}}
+\newcommand{\dista}[1]{\unit[#1]{\AA}{}}
+\newcommand{\perc}[1]{\unit[#1]{\%}{}}
+