| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPIS | Surface Penning Ionization Spectroscopy |
| PMR | Proton Magnetic Resonance |
| ABCM | Assembly (of) Boundary-controlled Monolayers (method For Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| OMBE | Organic Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
| CEARC | Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council |
| DTSC | Differential Temperature Scanning Calorimeter |
| UNOS | United Network For Organ Sharing |
| NIRIM | Near-IR Raman Imaging Microscope |
| HRTEM | High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| UFP | Ultrafine Particles |