| Acronym | Meaning |
| IAVI | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| IEPA | Independent Electron Pair Approximation |
| SNMS | Sputtered Neutral Mass Spectrometry |
| CNT | Carbon Nanotube |
| QLDA | Quasilocal Density Functional Approxn. |
| BPNN | Back Propagation Neural Network |
| INDO/2-AHP | INDO/2-average Hole Potential |
| EBS | Electron Backscattering |
| PON | Particulate Organic Nitrogen |
| YSGG | Yttrium Scandium Gallium Garnet |