| Acronym | Meaning |
| BBB | Blood-brain Barrier |
| CAPCOA | California Air Pollution Control Officers Association |
| TZ | Triple Zeta (basis Set) |
| ANTS | 8-aminonaphthalene-1 |
| DWRF | Drinking Water Research Foundation |
| SMM | Scanning Magnetic Microscopy |
| SVEA | Slowly Varying Envelope Approximation |
| EMSA | Electron Microscopy Society Of America |
| SSA | Spherical Sector Analysis |
| PCF | Photonic Crystal Fiber |