| Acronym | Meaning |
| OTDR | Optical Time Domain Reflectometry |
| SILO | Strain Induced Lateral Ordering |
| BOSS | Bistable Optically Controlled Semiconductor Switch |
| ULDPE | Ultra Low Density Polyethylene |
| CCD | Coupled-cluster Doubles |
| SOLSE | Shuttle Ozone Limb Sounding Experiment |
| CNLSD | Condensation Nucleation Light Scattering Detection |
| ICAM | Intercellular Adhesion Molecule |
| RCF | Relative Centrifugal Force |
| TIRFM | Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy |