| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRS | Insulin Receptor Substrate |
| BLIP | Background-limited Infrared Photodetector |
| LIP | Laser-induced Plasma |
| UBA | Unitarized Born Approxn. |
| SSA | Specific Surface Area |
| MCM | Mesoporous Crystalline Material |
| IOM | Institute Of Occupational Medicine |
| PWG SCF | Plane-wave Gaussian Self-consistent Field Method |
| CSI | Crystal Structure Imaging |
| OMCVD | Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition |