| Acronym | Meaning |
| IP | Inhalable Particle |
| HOAT | 1-hydroxy-7-azabenzotriazole (peptide Coupling Agent) |
| COSE | Committee On Optical Science And Engineering |
| LHP-RHF | Longuet-Higgins-Pople Restricted Hartree-Fock Method |
| TDCC | Time-dependent Close-coupling |
| LCHAD | Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase |
| SCF | Supercritical Fluid |
| DCB | Distorted Coulomb-Born Approxn. |
| LNRS | Laser Nonresonant Shadowgraphy |
| MCR | Microcarbon Residue |