| Acronym | Meaning |
| IDD | Iodine Deficiency Disorder |
| ESRD | End-stage Renal Disease |
| SEL | Surface Emitting Laser |
| OEP-SIC | Optimized Effective Potential Self-interaction Correction |
| L-CPMET | Linearized Coupled-pair Many-electron Theory |
| POSS | Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane |
| TBARS | Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances |
| HMAC | Hazardous Materials Advisory Council |
| OVOC | Other Volatile Organic Compound |
| ATDHF | Adiabatic Time-dependent Hartree-Fock |