| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPE | Chlorinated Polyethylene |
| I-TEF | International Toxicity Equvalency Factor |
| CDW | Charge-density Wave |
| MWNT | Multiwall Nanotube |
| POM | Polarized Optical Microscopy |
| ACC | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid |
| HMO | Hueckel Molecular Orbital |
| CHA | Chemical Hamiltonian Approach |
| L2MS | Laser-desorption Laser-ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| ECT | Ergodic Collision Theory |