| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCWQ | National Commission On Water Quality |
| MESA | Mesoscale Self-assembly |
| EFC | European Federation Of Corrosion |
| SLS | Strained Layer Superlattice |
| TCSCF | Two-configuration Self-consistent Field Procedure |
| SNOM | Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy |
| DSPES | Depth-selective Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| TRAF | Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factor |
| EFV | Electric-field-variant Function (in CI Method) |
| SIFS | Solvent-induced Frequency Shifts |