| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFE | Colony-forming Efficiency |
| LBO | Localized Born-Oppenheimer |
| SMART-1 | Small Missions For Advanced Research In Technology-1 |
| MEF | Myocyte Enhancer Factor |
| AHERA | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act |
| NIS | Neutron Inelastic-scattering |
| SADP | Selected Area Diffraction Patterns |
| MIEHM | Modified Iterative Extended Hueckel Method |
| PTO | U.S. Patent And Trademark Office |
| EQE | Equivalent Quantum Efficiency |