| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSV | Morse-Spline-van Der Waals (interatomic Potential) |
| PMF | Progressive Massive Fibrosis |
| PAZ | Protective Action Zone |
| HBT | Hanbury Brown Twiss (interferometry) |
| LAESA | Laser Ablation Emission Spectrochemical Analysis |
| TIRFCS | Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy |
| PFI | Pulsed Field Ionization |
| ACTI | Advanced Computational Technology Initiative |
| ECHO | European Community Host Organization |
| GAMESS | General Atomic And Molecular Electronic Structure System |