| Acronym | Meaning |
| TEG | Triethylene Glycol |
| CERT | Const. Extension Rate Tensile |
| OVGF | Outer-valence Green Function (for Ionization-energy Calcns.) |
| ERIC | Educational Resources Information Center |
| SPIO | Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide |
| SFR | Star Formation Rate |
| DCASV | D.c. Anodic Stripping Voltammetry |
| ESP | Electron Spin Polarization |
| EMDC | Elution-Modified Displacement Chromatography |
| SSQW | Strained Single Quantum Well |