| Acronym | Meaning |
| LMC | Laminated Metal Composite |
| EPA | Environment Potential Approach (in Electronic-structure Calcn.) |
| PEOE | Partial Equalization Of Orbital Electronegativity (model) |
| GBS | Grain Boundary Sliding |
| ECP | Exchange Core Polarization |
| ALD | Atomic Layer Deposition |
| EPEBS | Enhanced Proton Elastic Backscattering |
| IBICVD | Ion Beam Induced Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| APR | Acoustic Paramagnetic Resonance |
| CTOF | Charge Time-of-Flight Spectrometer |