| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSTM | Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
| CC | Closed Cup (Flash Point Test Method) |
| HIC | Hydrogen-induced Cracking |
| DDTA | Derivative Differential Thermal Analysis |
| RIA | Relative Ion Abundance |
| GCMS | Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry |
| TCO | Transparent Conducting Oxide |
| TLCP | Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Polymer |
| IODS | Identical Orbitals For Different Spins |
| NHF(FC) | Nonrelativistic Numerical Hartree-Fock (frozen-core ) |