| Acronym | Meaning |
| UVPES | Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| NOC | Nonionic Organic Contaminants |
| RMP2 | Restricted Moeller-Plesset Second-order (perturbation Theory) |
| PARP | Poly ADP-ribose Polymerase |
| AQS | Ambient Quality Standard |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| FADD | Fas-associated Death Domain Protein |
| CTTS | Charge Transfer To Solvent |
| MRFM | Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope |
| RNO | Reaction Natural Orbital |