| Acronym | Meaning |
| PNN | Lead Nickel Niobate |
| ATW | Accelerator Transmutation Of Waste (for Radioactive Waste) |
| DIGS | Disorder-induced Gap State |
| AMC | Airborne Molecular Contamination |
| NVP | Newton Variational Principle |
| SPM | Scanning Probe Microscopy |
| DLVO | Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey, And Overbeek Theory |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette-Guerin |
| ONR | Office Of Naval Research |
| DADI | Direct Analysis Of Daughter Ions |