| Acronym | Meaning |
| MC-TD-SCF | Multiconfiguration-time Dependent-self-consistent Field |
| SAPS | Spherical Average Pseudopotential |
| BSCO | Break Specific Carbon Monoxide |
| TRSERS | Time-resolved Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy |
| RMP | Risk Management Program |
| OCIS | Optics Classification And Indexing Scheme |
| ART | Advanced Recycling Technologies |
| CTD | Charge Transfer Device (optical Spectroscopic Detector) |
| PHF | Periodic Hartree-Fock |
| FHNC | Fermi Hypernetted Chain Method (in Quantum Statistics) |