| Acronym | Meaning |
| TFEL | Thin-film Electroluminescence |
| ATRP | Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization |
| NPV | Net Present Value {economics} |
| DIANA | Detection Of Immobilized Amplified Nucleic Acids |
| MOT | Multistate Orbital Treatment |
| EELS | Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| ESFF | Extensible Systematic Force Field |
| AP | Appearance Potential |
| EFFF | Energy Factored Force Field |
| TCS | Total Current Spectroscopy |