| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFTR | Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator |
| OSW | US Office Of Saline Water |
| SPP | Surface Plasmon Polariton |
| PEBBLE | Probes Encapsulated By Biologically Localized Embedding |
| ETAD | Ecological And Toxicological Association Of Dye And Organic Pigment Manufacturers |
| MBPLS | Multiblock Partial Least Squares |
| FIM-APS | Field Ion Microscopy-atom Probe Spectroscopy |
| ELFFS | Excimer Laser Fragmentation-fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| FOLCI | Fiber Optic Low-coherence Interferometry |
| SPELEEM | Spectroscopic PhotoEmission And Low Energy Electron Microscope |