| Acronym | Meaning |
| STS | Scanning Tunnelling Spectroscopy |
| ALE | Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment |
| IHC | Interim Hazard Classification |
| ROSE | Residual Organic Substance Emissions |
| BOA | Bond Orientational Anisotropy |
| SLR | Spin-lattice Relaxation |
| WPCF | Water Pollution Control Federation |
| EBL | Extragalactic Background Light |
| SET | Single Electron Transfer |
| NLDF | Nonlocal Density Functional |