| Acronym | Meaning |
| GIXS | Grazing Incidence X-ray Scattering |
| BIO-FIX | Biomass Foam Immobilized Extractant |
| TBN | Total Base Number |
| ELOG | Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth |
| IPMA | Ion Probe Microanalysis |
| MPPA | Modulated Pulse Potential Amperometry |
| LOX | Liquid Oxygen |
| LIBS | Ligand-induced Binding Sites |
| BST | Barium Strontium Titanate |
| SBMF | Slave-boson Mean Field (in Electronic-structure Calcns.) |