| Acronym | Meaning |
| CV-AFS | Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry |
| CCSC | Charge And Configuration Self-consistency |
| PMTDI | Provisional Maximum Tolerable Daily Intake |
| ASPEN | Advanced System For Process Engineering (DOE Software Package) |
| FSGO | Floating Spherical Gaussian Orbital |
| HGAFS | Hydride Generation Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry |
| DIGS | Disorder-induced Gap State |
| CAMEO | Color Augmented Microscopy By Electromagnetic Offset |
| SCLCP | Side-chain Liquid-crystalline Polymer |
| MCM | Mesoporous Crystalline Material |