| Acronym | Meaning |
| VDAC | Voltage-dependent Anion Channel |
| ATOFMS | Aerosol Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry |
| GRINSCH | Graded-index Separate Confinement Heterostructure |
| PIUS | Process Inherent Ultimate Safety |
| ZBLANP | Zirconium Barium Lanthanum Aluminum Sodium Lead Fluoride |
| CVBM | Conduction-valence-band Model (in Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| MLS | Molecular Luminescence Spectroscopy |
| MAMO | Multiparameter Alternant Molecular Orbital |
| DFW | Diffusion Welding |
| SOS | Southern Oxidant Study |