| Acronym | Meaning |
| CSTIM | Channeling Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy |
| NFE-TB | Nearly-free-electron Tight-bonding (for Electronic Structure) |
| MDHS | Methods For The Determination Of Hazardous Substances |
| AARC | Alliance For Acid Rain Control |
| DRIE | Deep Reactive Ion Etching |
| SDA | Structure-directing Agent |
| HMBC | Heteronuclear Multiple-bond Correlation |
| PPGVB | Perfect Pairing Generalized Valence Bond (wave Function) |
| CMO | Complex Molecular Orbital Method |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |