| Acronym | Meaning |
| PCM | Phase-change Material (in Heat Storage) |
| LDTOF | Laser-Desorption Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry |
| XRFS | X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| LEELS | Low Energy Electron Loss Spectroscopy |
| EDC | Ethylene Dichloride |
| ITPOT | Improved Two-parameter Omega Technique |
| SPRI | Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging |
| LEPS | London-Eyring-Polanyi-Sato (potential-energy Surface) |
| CFU | Colony Forming Unit (for Bacteria Counting In Water Disinfection) |
| ART | Atom Relay Transistor |