| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABI | Automated Ball Indentation |
| EDFA | Er-doped Fiber Amplifier |
| MP | Model Potential |
| ISD | Inclined Substrate Deposition |
| ESPT | Excited-state Proton Transfer |
| FLMTO | Film Linearized Muffin-tin Orbital (for Surface Electronic Structure Calcns.) |
| DRLFP | Diffuse Reflectance Laser Flash Photolysis |
| LCPA | Local Coherent Potential Approximation |
| DCP | Dicapryl Phthalate |
| LNT | Liquid Nitrogen Temperature |