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I am writing a list of symbols and acronyms for my thesis using \usepackage[printonlyused]{acronym} and \usepackage{multicol} I have no issues for Latin letters, but when I want to use, for example, the definition for \acro{$\lambda$} {Wavelength}\acused{$\lambda$}. I got an error. I have no clue about the cause of this error. If someone has a suggestion to avoid this error, I am more than grateful. My code for the list of symbols is below. I would like to conserve the format with two columns.

\chapter{List of symbols and acronyms}
        The next list describes several abbreviations that will be later used within the body of the document.

\begin{multicols}{2}

\begin{acronym}[VBLAST]  % longest acronym to fix width





    \acro{$I_{G}$}
    {Current-generation}\acused{$I_{G}$}


    \acro{$I_{R}$}
    {Current-recombination}\acused{$I_{R}$}

    \acro{$I_{GR}$}
    {Total device current}\acused{$I_{GR}$}

    \acro{$I_{D}$}
    {Radiant intensity}\acused{$I_{D}$}

    \acro{$I_e$}
    {Diffusion current}\acused{$I_e$}


    \acro{$E_e$}
    {Radiant flux}\acused{$E_e$}

    \acro{$I_e$}
    {Radiant intensity}\acused{$I_e$}

    \acro{$L_e$}
    {Radiance}\acused{$L_e$}

    \acro{$r$}
    {Radiation}\acused{$r$}

    \acro{$L_e$}
    {Radiance}\acused{$L_e$}

    \acro{$N_{el}$}
    {Number of injected electrons}\acused{$N_{el}$}

    \acro{$I$}
    {Current}\acused{$I$}

    \acro{$Q$}
    {Quantity of charge contained in a current running for a specified time}\acused{$Q$}

    \acro{$t$}
    {Time}\acused{$t$}

    \acro{$q$}
    {Elementary charge}\acused{$q$}

    \acro{$\lambda$}
    {Wavelength}\acused{$\lambda$}


    \acro{LED}
        {Light emitting diode}\acused{LED}

    \acro{GaAs}
        {Gallium arsenide}\acused{GaAs}

    \acro{OLEDs}
        {Organic LEDs}\acused{OLEDs}

    \acro{QLEDs}
    {Quantum dot LEDs}\acused{QLEDs}

    \acro{ITO}
    {Indium tin oxide}\acused{ITO}

    \acro{SiNC}
    {Silicon nanocrystal}\acused{SiNC}

    \acro{QD}
    {Quantum dot}\acused{QD}

    \acro{QC}
    {Quantum confinement}\acused{QC}


    \acro{CB}
    {Conduction band}\acused{CB}

    \acro{VB}
    {Valence band}\acused{VB}

    \acro{Si}
    {Silicon}\acused{Si}

    \acro{Ge}
    {Germanium}\acused{Ge}

    \acro{I-V}
    {Current-voltage}\acused{I-V}



    \acro{ETL}
    {Electron transport layer}\acused{ETL}

    \acro{HTL}
    {Hole transport layer}\acused{HTL}



    \acro{DOS}
    {Density of states}\acused{DOS}


    \acro{HOMO}
    {Highest occupied molecular orbital}\acused{HOMO}

    \acro{LUMO}
    {Lowest unoccupied molecular orbital}\acused{LUMO}

    \acro{HF}
    {Hydrofluoric acid}\acused{HF}

    \acro{HSQ}
    {Hydrogen silsesquioxane}\acused{HSQ}

    \acro{H}
    {Hydrogen}\acused{H}

    \acro{NC}
    {Nanocrystal}\acused{NC}


    \acro{TCE}
    {Transparent conductive electrode}\acused{TCE}

    \acro{HWF}
    {High work function}\acused{HWF}

    \acro{LWF}
    {Low work function}\acused{LWF}

    \acro{TCM}
    {Transparent conductive materials}\acused{TCM}

    \acro{PEDOT:PSS}
    {Poly[3{,}4-ethylenedioxythiophene]
        :poly[styrenesulfonate]}\acused{PEDOT:PSS}


    \acro{Poly-TPD}
    {Poly[N{,}N’-bis-4-butylphenyl-N{,}N’-bisphenyl]benzidine}\acused{Poly-TPD}

    \acro{MEH-PPP}
    {=Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1{,}4-phenylene]}\acused{MEH-PPP}

    \acro{PVK}
    {Poly[9-vinylcarbazole]}\acused{PVK}

    \acro{MEH-PPV}
    {Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1{,}4-phenylenevinylene]}\acused{MEH-PPV}

    \acro{ZnO}
    {Zinc oxide}\acused{ZnO}

    \acro{TPBi}
    {2{,}2'{,}2''-(1{,}3{,}5-Benzinetriyl)-tris(1-phenyl-1-H-benzimidazole)}\acused{TPBi}

    %\acro{Mo\ch{O_{3}}}
    %{Molybdenum trioxide}\acused{Mo\ch{O_{3}}}


    \acro{PMMA}
    {Polymethyl methacrylate}\acused{PMMA}

    \acro{SiO}
    {Silicon Oxide}\acused{SiO}

    \acro{OLR}
    {Organolithium}\acused{OLR}

    \acro{IPA}
    {Isopropanol}\acused{IPA}

    \acro{DCB}
    {1{,}2-Dichlorobenzene}\acused{DCB}

    \acro{PVD}
    {Physical vapor deposition}\acused{PVD}

    \acro{RF}
    {Radio frequency}\acused{RF}

    \acro{HCl}
    {Hydrochloric acid}\acused{HCl}

    \acro{RTE}
    {Resistive thermal evaporation}\acused{RTE}

    \acro{AFM}
    {Atomic force microscope}\acused{AFM}

    \acro{EQE}
    {External quantum efficiency}\acused{EQE}

    \acro{IQE}
    {Internal quantum efficiency}\acused{IQE}

\end{acronym}

\end{multicols}

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Found the answer. The documentation says that for greek letters one should use the following order:

\acro{lambda}[$\lambda$]{Wavelength}